While one of the offspring, referred to as kits, passed away shortly after birth, the two others, a male and a female, “are ...

In 1979, the black-footed ferret was believed to be extinct. More than four decades later, scientists in the US have not only ...

Scientists say the births of two ferrets are the first time a cloned endangered species has reproduced in a conservation ...

Authorities indicated that techniques used in their work with black-footed ferrets could help preserve other endangered ...

In a "groundbreaking achievement," a clone of an endangered species of ferret has given birth to babies for the very first time. The mother, named Antonia, is a clone of another black-footed ...

For the first time, an endangered black-footed ferret named Antonia that was cloned from cryogenically-preserved tissue has ...

Once believed to be extinct, wildlife biologists estimate there are 500 black-foot ferrets in the U.S. after decades of ...

The black-footed ferret program, run by the Fish and Wildlife Service, was the first time cloning was used as a conservation ...

In a victory for conservation, a cloned endangered animal has birthed healthy offspring for the first time in the United ...

The black-footed ferret is an endangered species, with only approximately 370 alive in the wild “Saving rare species from extinction requires extraordinary measures.” Since then, efforts have ...

A black-footed ferret cloned from DNA of a ferret that lived in the 1980s has birthed two healthy kits, the first successful ...