Quick Take Female ferrets (jills) only ovulate after mating, so unpaired jills can stay in heat with high estrogen for weeks.

Cloned black-footed ferret Antonia's kits at three weeks old, on July 9, 2024. Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute, Public Domain In a victory for conservation, a cloned ...

Oliver the white-coated ferret loves to hike, kayak and nap across the country Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2013. Her work has previously appeared on ...

First, make sure you’re living somewhere where they’re legal to own. California, Hawaii, and New York City ban ferret ownership entirely, and many municipalities throughout the U.S. may have similar ...

If you’re looking for a fun, non-traditional pet, ferrets may seem like an obvious choice. Unfortunately, they’re not as simple as you might think. In fact, there’s a lot you probably don’t know about ...

When President Nixon signed the Endangered Species Act into law 50 years ago, one of the first on the endangered list was the black-footed ferret, North America’s rarest animal. Once thought to be ...

While it is certainly convenient and cheap to feed your ferret food designed for other species, they do have unique nutritional needs. Here's a list of foods they shouldn't eat. Ferrets are true ...

For the first time, the clone of a black-footed ferret has reproduced successfully. Antonia, a clone produced from the DNA of a ferret that died in 1988, has birthed two healthy kits. The black-footed ...

A missing ferret mysteriously was found more than 10 miles away — then came an emotional reunion. “There were tears everywhere in the room,” Becca Andrews, marketing coordinator for a North Carolina ...

Elizabeth Ann is about two months old and was cloned from 33-year old DNA US scientists have successfully cloned a highly-endangered black-footed ferret using DNA from an identical animal that has ...