Noreen and Antonia, two recently-born black-footed ferrets ... This is more than just an experiment: researchers hope the cloned animals will play an important role in reviving their endangered ...

The Smithsonian National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute began a breeding program, but given the number of these ...

The black-footed ferret is hard to find. That wasn’t always the case. The species is endemic to North America, and in the ...