A century ago, the American prairies echoed with the silent footsteps of a small, elusive predator: the black-footed ferret.

It’s almost impossible to imagine that a creature could vanish from the wild and then, decades later, make a dramatic ...

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 ...

Parks Canada attempted to reintroduce the black-footed ferret to Grasslands National Park by releasing 74 animals in 2009. Soon after, wild-born ferrets were seen at the park, sparking hopes that ...

Biologists have released 2,600 in eight states, Mexico and Canada; the wild population hovers at about 1,000. A captive-bred black-footed ferret has the long torso, masked face and furry black ...

Conservation efforts at the Phoenix Zoo and Southwest Wildlife aim to protect endangered species like black-footed ferrets ...

Presently, ferrets survive at 14 of those sites. Currently there are 340 black-footed ferrets in the wild and 301 in captivity. For decades the Center has been defending this species from threats like ...