The baby black-footed ferrets at three weeks old, born to a mother cloned from genetic material collected in 1988. Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute hide caption ...

It then gave birth to two healthy kits (baby ferrets). This is the first time that a cloned animal was able to successfully have babies, which is a major milestone. In a statement , Ryan Phelan of ...

Sibert and Red Cloud, black-footed ferret siblings at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute, are the first members of an endangered species born to a cloned animal.

Animals born from cloned endangered species are no longer just for the silver screens of “Jurassic Park.” They might just be a model for species conservation. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife ...

A zoo owner from Atoka brought a menagerie to share with children at the Public Library, sharing education on animals, conservation and pet ownership. Two ferrets, a skunk, bearded dragon, possum, fox ...

Today, after numerous reintroductions, there are thought to be roughly 350 black-footed ferrets living in the wild, and these animals are suffering from low genetic diversity, disease, habitat ...

A cloned black-footed ferret gave birth to two kits in June 2024. This is the first time a cloned animal from an endangered species has successfully reproduced. Researchers hope they can breed ...

Twelve baby ferrets were abandoned in a cage without water on a hot summer's day. The tiny animals were left for dead under a bush in Hayle, Cornwall, after being dumped in a cage-style cat carrier.

A woman who has rescued ferrets for the last 17 years has built a new outhouse complete with slides, hammocks and a makeshift pool for the animals. Rosie Stubbs, from Bilsthorpe in Nottinghamshire ...

The baby black-footed ferrets at three weeks old, born to a mother cloned from genetic material collected in 1988. Image: Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute/ ...