Sibert and Red Cloud could make an enormous contribution to the species because their mother was cloned from a black-footed ferret from the 1980s, named Willa, who had no offspring. Because Willa ...

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 ...

FWS pictures of black-footed ferret clones Antonia (main) and Noreen (inset). These ferrets are clones of a ferret named Willa who was captured in the 1980s.

This black-footed ferret is a clone of an animal that died more than 30 years ago, and she is the first successful clone of any endangered species native to the U.S.

The black-footed ferret is one of the most endangered mammals in North America. Wildlife agencies have spent nearly 3½ decades aiding its recovery through an active breeding and reintroduction ...

In the process, the black-footed ferret was nearly wiped out. In 1987, 18 animals were captured in the wild to begin a captive breeding program, which has since reintroduced ferrets into promising ...

Black-footed ferrets are well-suited for their prairie environment, where their colors help them blend in with grassland soils and plants. You asked the internet, we answered.

Last year, Ben Novak drove across the country to spend New Year’s Eve with a black-footed ferret. Elizabeth Ann had just turned 21 days old — surely a milestone for any ferret but a ...

SELIGMAN — Wildlife officials released 10 endangered black-footed ferrets at Arizona’s only active ferret reintroduction site Wednesday, the latest development in a decades-long effort to save ...

The black-footed ferret, once thought to be extinct in the wild, was rediscovered in 1981 with a small population of 24 animals in Wyoming―30 years later the species’ future is brighter than ever. The ...

"Black footed ferrets have thought to be extinct twice throughout their life," Kaczor said. The Rocky Mountain National Refuge re-introduced this native animal in twenty fifteen, and It has thrived.