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Arizona Game and Fish Department (AZGFD) biologists have taken a significant step toward rescuing the endangered black-footed ferret from extinction. Ten black-footed ferrets have been reintroduced to ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. In the open grasslands of South Dakota, not far from the dramatic rock formations of ...

They live in the only U.S. state besides Hawaii that bans residents from keeping ferrets as pets. But these renegade ferret lovers have no plans to abandon their long, furry friends. Instead, they're ...

The ferrets that will be released into the wild are put in outdoor "pre-conditioning" pens. A concrete wall extends down into the ground to keep them from escaping. Twenty-five years ago today, a dog ...

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... Black-Footed Ferrets Fight Extinction Twenty-five ...