(CNN) — Scientists have cloned an endangered US animal for the first time, creating a black-footed ferret named Elizabeth Ann from the frozen cells of an ancestor in a landmark achievement that boosts ...

Four hours into a pitch black trudge around a ranch full of ankle-turning prairie dog holes, the search for North America’s most endangered mammal starts to feel a little hopeless. “It’s like trying ...

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (NEXSTAR) — The first U.S. endangered species has been cloned — a black-footed ferret duplicated from the genes of an animal that died more than 30 years ago. Elizabeth Ann was born in ...

Scientists have announced that an endangered animal has been cloned using cells preserved from a wild animal which died over 30 years ago. The successfully cloned black-footed ferret, called Elizabeth ...

A cloned black-footed ferret successfully gave birth — marking the first time a U.S. clone of an endangered species produced offspring, and an opportunity to rebuild the black-footed ferret population ...

DENVER (CBS4) - Black footed ferrets once hunted prairie dogs on Colorado's plains and western slope, but as humans built our communities, we wiped out their food source and they disappeared. In 2015, ...

Saturday, April 2, is National Ferret Day, but there will not be much celebration in California. The Golden State and Hawaii are the only states to ban domesticated ferrets. This heavy-handed ...

PUEBLO WEST, Colo. (KDVR) — Colorado Parks and Wildlife officers say an extremely rare black-footed ferret made a surprise appearance in a homeowners’ garage on Monday. The ferret was found in the ...

The black-footed ferret is one of North America’s most endangered mammals, due to the decimation of its prey species, the prairie dog. Researchers need to determine which prairie dog colony complexes ...

Scientists have announced that an endangered animal has been cloned using cells preserved from a wild animal which died over 30 years ago. The successfully cloned black-footed ferret, called Elizabeth ...