How will layoffs slashing a Colorado facility’s staff by more than a quarter impact efforts to restore the endangered ...

Ferrets require specialized care, attention, and a considerable amount of time. Many people are unprepared for this. The sale of ferrets as pets poses a broader problem for biodiversity.

So if something bad happens, it's a possibility that we actually lose the ferrets." A spokesperson for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife didn't respond questions from 9NEWS about the cuts and the impact ...

In the early 1900s, the United States was likely home to more than 5 million ferrets. But ferrets, which hunt prairie dogs for food and live in their burrows, were almost wiped out early in the 20th ...

The domestic ferret, though not as common a laboratory animal as the rat or mouse, serves as a model in critical research areas, including influenza biology and vaccine development. Studies ...