The black-footed ferret could also be called the black-eyed ferret because of the distinctive “stick-em up” mask that adorns its face. The tan ferrets also have black markings on their feet ...

When an epidemic of plague struck prairie dogs within South Dakota’s greater Conata-Badlands ecosystem last spring, U.S. Fish ...

These remaining ferrets, therefore, have very little genetic diversity, which poses an issue for breeding the ferrets, as their offspring may be left at risk of genetic bottlenecking. When a ...