In 1979, the black-footed ferret was believed to be extinct. More than four decades later, scientists in the US have not only cloned the species from the last wild survivors, but one of those clones ...

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. In a "groundbreaking achievement," a clone of an endangered species of ferret has given birth to babies for the very ...

Well, in this case, the story is real. For the first time in U.S. history, a cloned endangered species has produced offspring. SUMMERS: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service recently announced that ...

A cloned black-footed ferret successfully gave birth — marking the first time a U.S. clone of an endangered species produced offspring, and an opportunity to rebuild the black-footed ferret population ...

When an animal becomes endangered, and especially critically endangered, it faces a very difficult series of challenges if it is to survive. One of the challenges that many people don’t think of is ...

The baby black-footed ferrets at three weeks old, born to a mother cloned from genetic material collected in 1988. (Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute) A cloned black-footed ...

Black-footed ferrets are one of the most endangered mammals in North America with only an estimated 370 in the wild, according to the World... A cloned black-footed ferret successfully gave birth — ...