The Smithsonian National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute began a breeding program, but given the number of these ferrets available, the risk of genetic defects was signific ...

A cloned black-footed ferret successfully gave birth — marking the first time a U.S. clone of an endangered species produced offspring, and an opportunity to rebuild the black-footed ferret ...

SUMMERS: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service recently announced that Antonia, a cloned black-footed ferret, had given birth to three kits after mating with a male named Urchin. One baby died ...

Willa died in 1988, but scientists saved her cells, fertilized eggs and implanted them into domestic ferret surrogate mothers. Those mothers gave birth to three baby ferrets that shared the same ...

A third baby, known as a kit, died shortly after birth. All three ferret kits were born in June 2024 and the two surviving kits are now fully grown, according to Ben Novak, the lead scientist at ...

Two feisty ferret babies in Virginia are being hailed ... and the next three days were all baby-making." Sibert and Red Cloud were born on June 18, and so far, appear healthy and well.

Ferrets have long weaseled their way into many people's hearts. To the surprise of some, the small fury animals were domesticated centuries ago, and they can be great pets for people who live in ...

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) A cloned black ...