Wyoming managers release 20 black-footed ferrets
Wildlife managers recently released 20 black-footed ferrets to a historic recovery area in Wyoming where wild ferrets had been affected by a bout of plague. The ...
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With some modifications, fladry can deter coyotes
Fladry is often used to keep wolves out of ranchlands. But researchers recently found this technique—stringing bright flags between fence posts—can be modified ...
White-tailed deer can get coronavirus but show mild symptoms
In the year since the novel coronavirus erupted in North America, biologists have gotten a better sense of what impacts the virus could have on the continent’s ...
Scientists clone first black-footed ferret
The number of black-footed ferrets, North America’s most endangered mammal, has just grown by one. Scientists have successfully cloned the species, a first for ...
Black-footed ferret COVID-19 vaccination seems to be working
Two-thirds of captive-bred black-footed ferrets have been vaccinated for the novel coronavirus, and not a single one of the endangered mustelids is known so far to ...
Endangered ferrets receive experimental coronavirus vaccine
Months before a COVID-19 vaccine was approved for people, about 120 black-footed ferrets at a Colorado facility received an experimental vaccine in an effort to ...
The difficult path to recover black-footed ferrets
Why has it been so challenging to reintroduce the black-footed ferret (Mustela nigripes)? Efforts continue throughout the West, but establishing populations has ...
The May/June issue of The Wildlife Professional
The lesser prairie chicken faces an uncertain future despite efforts of conservationists and wildlife biologists in five states. This issue of The Wildlife ...
Endangered ferrets thrive in their ancestral home
This past September in Meeteetse, Wyoming, biologists panned spotlights over a moonlit prairie dog town. Each flash of emerald eyeshine marked a captive-bred ...