When an epidemic of plague struck prairie dogs within South Dakota’s greater Conata-Badlands ecosystem last spring, U.S. Fish ...
Coloradan Tina Jackson's one-year probationary period as a federal employee was set to end on March 10. But three weeks ago, ...
The concern comes after Tina Jackson, who led the species’ recovery across 12 states–including Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, ...
A dedicated team of workers is helping save the black-footed ferret. Now, President Trump is firing some of them. Experts ...
A woman in Pennsylvania spotted a rarely seen animal, a wild ermine (also known as a stoat or short-tailed weasel) in a ...
Efforts to help a genetically impoverished species may be the only chance for a stable population and the species' eventual removal from Endangered Species Act protections.
Tina Jackson fears federal job cuts and funding freezes could imperil work to save the species from the brink of extinction.
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 ...
Wild black-footed ferret wearing a novel tracking collar peers out of a prairie dog burrow. Roshan Patel, Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute.
Staffing cuts at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, including a key ferret recovery coordinator in Colorado, have sparked ...