We first met Woody, the two-year-old Fox Red Labrador who is an important part of the project, back in May. He does not track ...

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 ...

The black-footed ferret could also be called the black-eyed ferret because of the distinctive “stick-em up” mask that adorns its face. The tan ferrets also have black markings on their feet ...

Wildlife agencies released 10 black-footed ferrets at a site near Seligman, hoping to kickstart the animals' sputtering numbers in Arizona.

The sylvatic plague, first introduced to the United States in the early 1900s, infects ferrets and prairie dogs through fleas, killing the ferrets directly and wiping out their food sources.

It was around 5:30 in the morning on Thursday in Washington, DC, when senior US officials first got word — and photographs — ...

The ferret’s genome was altered with CRISPR to ... The only current method of protecting birds from malaria is to kill the mosquitoes by spreading powerful chemicals over an enormous region.

Take one look at a happy ferret at play, and you'll immediately understand why so many people love them. They're so effusively energetic, constantly moving, playing, and exploring - and when they ...

There can be no greater perversion of justice than executing a person when there is serious doubt that he or she committed a ...

Last week, thousands of communications devices, used mainly by Hezbollah members, exploded in different parts of Lebanon, killing 39 people and wounding nearly 3,000. Lebanon blamed Israel for the ...

Despite an encouraging national dip in the past year, overdose deaths are still on the rise in many Western states as the ...

Despite an encouraging national dip in the past year, overdose deaths are still on the rise in many Western states as the ...