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Authorities indicated that techniques used in their work with black-footed ferrets could help preserve other endangered species. The two ferrets were born in June to a cloned mother at the ...
In a "groundbreaking achievement," a clone of an endangered species of ferret has given birth to babies for the very first time. The mother, named Antonia, is a clone of another black-footed ...
In 1979, the black-footed ferret was believed to be extinct. More than four decades later, scientists in the US have not only cloned the species from the last wild survivors, but one of those clones ...
LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — Arizona wildlife officials have released 10 endangered black-footed ferrets in an attempt to rebuild the population at the state’s only active recovery site. The Aubrey ...
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 ...
Antonia, a cloned black-footed ferret at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute, has produced two healthy offspring that will help build genetic diversity in their ...
Rachael is a writer and digital content producer at IFLScience with a Zoology degree from the University of Southampton, UK, and a nose for novelty animal stories. For the first time ever, two ...
Two feisty ferret babies in Virginia are being hailed as a symbol of hope for the future of their species. Scientists say Sibert and Red Cloud, black-footed ferret siblings at the Smithsonian's ...
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 population ...