A century ago, the American prairies echoed with the silent footsteps of a small, elusive predator: the black-footed ferret.

The black-footed ferret is one of North America’s most endangered animals and has been since 1972. In fact, it got so bad ...

Recovering animals that are nearing extinction, like the black-footed ferret, was the whole point of the 1973 Endangered ...

Mexican gray wolf conservation remains a concern in Arizona, but in some of the same areas, prairie dogs create new issues.

Conservation dogs are easily identifiable by their red vests and noses to the ground. They’re trained to sniff out invasive ...

In an outdoor enclosure, two juvenile black-footed ferrets pounce and somersault, tumbling over each other in a playful fight. The loser breaks free and rushes into a tunnel lined with a plastic tube.

National parks are living laboratories for science and discovery that help safeguard our nation’s legacy. Yet today, ...

The Trump administration orders eliminating racial quotas in school discipline, emphasizing educator discretion based on ...

the Canadian musician whose boisterous garage rock compositions with the legendary bands Demon’s Claws, Hellshovel, and the Black Lips led to King Khan identifying him as one of the “unsung ...

It would still be illegal to harm Mountain West species, such as jumping mice, migratory birds and desert tortoises, but their habitats may no longer be federally protected.

Shapiro said staff at Revive & Restore, a California company that is also exploring the genetic rescue of endangered and extinct species, is leading a similar effort with black-footed ferrets.

Ever since Donald Trump nominated Pete Hegseth to be secretary of defense, critics have called the former Fox News weekend ...