In addition, cats and ferrets can suffer the same toxicity symptoms. The reason chocolate can be so deadly to pets is two ...

It's part of an effort by biologists to save North America's most endangered mammal — the black-footed ferret (or as the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service calls it, the BFF). Prairie dogs make up ...

The feds want to launch peanut butter drone strikes to save endangered ferrets The stars are endangered black-footed ferrets and their primary prey, prairie dogs, both of which spend time on ...

Black-footed ferrets are America’s ferrets, the only ones native to this country — and they’re in trouble. What better way to help save them than with one of America’s favorite ...

The US Fish and Wildlife Service wants to make sure endangered ferrets stay safe from a deadly disease, so it comes up with a plan involving peanut butter pellets delivered via drones. In an ...

There are only about 300 black-footed ferrets alive in the wild, making them one of the rarest mammals in the United States. But these elusive critters are vulnerable to the sylvatic plague ...

The domesticated ferret can be born with a wide range of fur colors, including dark-eyed white, sable, black sable, silver, albino, cinnamon and chocolate. Black-footed ferrets aren’t nearly as ...

Conservationists have been trying to save North America’s only native ferret for more than four decades. Twice it has been declared extinct. Now, scientists have come up with a pioneering plan ...

Each trap is baited with a prairie dog head. “It’s like chocolate for ferrets,” says Bortner. “They can’t resist.” She places the traps on the ground and in a matter of minutes ...