People are often drawn to exotic or unique animals, hoping to surprise their loved ones with something special. Recently, ferrets have become increasingly popular in South Africa, especially in the ...

Ferret fanatic shares tips for selecting exotic pet A ferret is not usually the first pet someone thinks about having in their home. For Baker College of Muskegon student in the veterinary technology ...

Before we got our guinea pig, Jingles, I was pretty clueless about vet care for small animals, meaning the varieties that are not dogs and cats. When Jingles joined our family, I knew little about ...

TUCSON — Richard Winstead spent weeks of tromping through grassy brush at 3 a.m., lugging a heavy backpack and shining a spotlight into the night looking for pairs of emerald-green eyes. Finally, ...

The first wild population of endangered black-footed ferrets that started from captive-bred animals, once feared to have died out, has survived and is growing, researchers say. The latest survey, from ...

Scientists from the Canary Islands have compiled data on wild ferrets in La Palma and the damage they cause in the ecosystem, to confirm that the island is the one with the highest number of ...

Researchers reported that the domestic ferrets in North America and Australia had extremely low genetic diversity, whereas ferrets in Europe had higher genetic diversity, as periodic hybridization ...

Six years ago, scientists created a clone of an endangered U.S. species: a black-footed ferret named Elizabeth Ann. The ...

MEETEETSE, Wyo. (AP) — A nocturnal species of weasel with a robber-mask-like marking across its eyes has returned to the remote ranchlands of western Wyoming where the critter almost went extinct more ...

FILE - This Oct. 1, 2014, file photo shows a black-footed ferret peeking out of a tube after being brought to a ranch near Williams, Ariz. The endangered weasel is returning to an area of western ...

Scientists from the Canary Islands have compiled data on wild ferrets in La Palma and the damage they cause in the ecosystem, to confirm that the island is the one with the highest number of ...