Of all the communities across America impacted by the government shutdown, the population of endangered black-footed ferrets may be among the smallest and most vulnerable. This rare species, ...

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 ...

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation is proposing updates to fisher and marten trapping seasons beginning in 2026-2027. The updates would expand fisher and marten trapping ...

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The area infected with the plague in Conata Basin has more than doubled in the past two weeks, threatening to overwhelm efforts of insecticide-dusting crews trying to keep the disease from decimating ...

PIERRE, S.D. -- One of the nation's largest colonies of endangered black-footed ferrets is surviving despite the disease that has hit their home in a vast stretch of prairie dog towns south of ...

INTERIOR, S.D. -- -- INTERIOR, S.D. -- On the grasslands a few miles from the pinnacles and spires of Badlands National Park, federal wildlife officials are waging a war to save one of the nation's ...