When an epidemic of plague struck prairie dogs within South Dakota’s greater Conata-Badlands ecosystem last spring, U.S. Fish ...

Coloradan Tina Jackson's one-year probationary period as a federal employee was set to end on March 10. But three weeks ago, ...

The concern comes after Tina Jackson, who led the species’ recovery across 12 states–including Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, ...

A dedicated team of workers is helping save the black-footed ferret. Now, President Trump is firing some of them. Experts ...

A woman in Pennsylvania spotted a rarely seen animal, a wild ermine (also known as a stoat or short-tailed weasel) in a ...

Tina Jackson fears federal job cuts and funding freezes could imperil work to save the species from the brink of extinction.

Efforts to help a genetically impoverished species may be the only chance for a stable population and the species' eventual removal from Endangered Species Act protections.

Brain circuits are known to gradually form and develop after birth as the result of both innate biological processes and life experiences. Past studies suggest that the initial development of brain ...

Wild black-footed ferret wearing a novel tracking collar peers out of a prairie dog burrow. Roshan Patel, Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute.

The domestic ferret, though not as common a laboratory animal as the rat or mouse, serves as a model in critical research areas, including influenza biology and vaccine development. Studies ...

Staffing cuts at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, including a key ferret recovery coordinator in Colorado, have sparked ...