In a quiet building between the camels and cheetahs, five black-footed ferrets have given birth to 25 kits, marking what could be the Phoenix Zoo's most successful breeding season of the endangered ...

Cute, furry and a scientific first. Meet Elizabeth-Ann: the first ever cloned black-footed ferret, and first ever clone of an endangered species in the United States. She was born on December 10th ...

The National Zoo is asking for help in naming their three new black-footed ferret kits. (Courtesy Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute) The National Zoo is calling for the ...

A cloned black-footed ferret successfully gave birth — marking the first time a U.S. clone of an endangered species produced offspring, and an opportunity to rebuild the black-footed ferret population ...