Take one look at a happy ferret at play, and you'll immediately understand why so many people love them. They're so effusively energetic, constantly moving, playing, and exploring - and when they're ...

The black-footed ferret’s comeback is gaining fresh hope, thanks to a bold new science-driven conservation effort.

A sweet ferret named Moon is charming viewers after accompanying his human on a shopping trip for his favorite freeze-dried minnows. The tiny animal eagerly explored the aisles of his local Petco, ...

Scientists believe there are only a few hundred black-footed ferrets still living in the Western United States. The carnivores once thrived on the plains between Canada and Mexico, but humans plowed ...

Two more black-footed ferrets have been cloned from the genes used for the first clone of an endangered species in the U.S., bringing to three the number of slinky predators genetically identical to ...

Michael FitzPatrick runs his fingers up and down the long, thin belly of a nearly four-pound white ferret named Pugsley like he’s playing an accordion. Three other creamy white and brown ferrets — ...

Ferrets scampered into the national spotlight this year when the comedy "Along Came Polly" featured a running gag about Jennifer Aniston's character's blind pet ferret. These sleek, furry creatures, ...

Twenty-five years ago today, a dog in Wyoming arrived at its owner's doorstep with a dead black-footed ferret in its mouth. Until then, biologists had thought the species was extinct. Within a few ...