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

In the open grasslands of South Dakota, not far from the dramatic rock formations of Badlands National Park, lives one of the ...

Two endangered baby black-footed ferrets have been born, but these babies are extremely unusual—they're both clones. Noreen was born at the National Black-Footed Ferret Conservation Center in ...

If only black-footed ferrets had a brand ambassador like groundhogs have in Punxsutawney Phil. The endangered ferrets don’t quite feel the same love as the famous groundhog, but they do get a ...

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