One district, Etterbeek, has been using ferrets for some time, with positive results. Rats that manage to escape the traps ...

As even the CDFG has conceded, there are already tens of thousands, possibly more than a hundred thousand ferrets in California already. After all, Pet Industry Joint Advisory Council data ...

“Ferrets develop a fever. They also cough and sneeze,” infecting each other much like people do, said vaccine researcher Alyson Kelvin of Canada’s Dalhousie University.

Ferrets were first reintroduced to Colorado in 2001 at Wolf Creek, north of Rangely. After dozens were released over several years, that site succumbed to a plague outbreak and collapsed by 2010.

Ferrets are used by scientists studying flu, SARS and other respiratory diseases because they can catch viruses through the nose much as humans do, although they also infect each other by contact ...

Cloning makes a new plant or animal by copying the genes of an existing animal. To clone these three ferrets, the Fish and Wildlife Service worked with zoo and conservation organizations and ...

In ferrets, these processes are thinner, creating flexibility and movement. So their spine can stretch out when they go underground, making their body 30% longer.

Gober said he is optimistic that the ferrets are protected, but it will take a well-designed study to settle the question. Until then, he’ll work to keep the fragile ferrets free of COVID-19.

For the ferrets to survive, those 34,000 acres of land must be occupied by prairie dogs. These small rodents, which make up the majority of the ferret's diet, also create the burrows that black ...