Though black-footed ferrets sometimes eat squirrels, mice, and other rodents, prairie dogs are essential to their survival, making up the majority of the ferret diet. These voracious predators ...

Black-footed ferrets have been reintroduced to the Arizona landscape for the first time in almost 30 years, according to the Arizona Game and Fish Department. In collaboration with the United ...

LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — Arizona wildlife officials have released 10 endangered black-footed ferrets in an attempt to rebuild the population at the state’s only active recovery site. The Aubrey ...

Scientists are exploring cloning as a tool to save endangered species, and they were just successful with a species of ferret ...

Small and slender, the black-footed ferret was once abundant ... sparking hopes that the group would survive. These ferrets are carnivores that mainly eat black-tailed prairie dogs, another ...