Sable ferret accommodations. When it comes to your ferret’s cage, the bigger, the better! The smallest cage recommendation for a single ferret is six cubic feet.That's about 18 inches tall and ...

Ferrets are energetic, intelligent little mammals that have gained popularity as pets thanks to their playful personalities and curious nature. While they can make rewarding companions, ferrets ...

The Ferret Buckeye Bash, billed as the largest ferret show in the U.S., will welcome the noodle-weasels, their owners and the public on August 24 at the Ohio Expo Center.

Ferrets can live to be 10 years old, Varble said, but many of the ferrets she sees live around 4 to 6 years due to "intense breeding programs" that have limited genetic diversity.

Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute Black-footed ferrets, Sibert and Red Cloud, at 6 weeks old. The kits represent the first offspring to be born by a cloned endangered ...

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Sibert and Red Cloud, black-footed ferret siblings at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute, are the first members of an endangered species born to a cloned animal.

Black-footed ferrets are one of the most endangered mammals in North America with only an estimated 370 in the wild, according to the World Wildlife Fund. Accessibility links.

Sibert and Red Cloud could make an enormous contribution to the species because their mother was cloned from a black-footed ferret from the 1980s, named Willa, who had no offspring.