The sylvatic plague, first introduced to the United States in the early 1900s, infects ferrets and prairie dogs through fleas, killing the ferrets directly and wiping out their food sources.

In an election season dominated by dead dogs, childless cat ladies, pets for dinner, and dumped bear cubs, the ferret lobby ...

Leaders of a western Kansas county and several landowners want to stop federal wildlife officials who are reintroducing an endangered ferret to the plains. The Logan County Board of Commissioners ...

Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: ___ Oct. 11 The Washington Post on AI's impact on chemistry, biomedicine One of this year’s Nobel Prize winners in physics, Geoffrey ...

The truth is, ferrets can make excellent pets, but they're challenging to care for and aren't the right fit for every pet owner. Here's what you need to know: Technically considered an "exotic pet" ...

Legalize Ferrets, the grassroots organization advocating for the legalization of domestic ferrets in California, has ...

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CapeNature has issued a stern warning about the increasing ownership of ferrets which have been found, in some parts of the world, to carry undesirable diseases like rabies for which there is no ...

The tradition, which the church celebrates on the Sunday closest to the Oct. 4 Feast of St. Francis of Assisi, honors saint’s ...

Robert Goulder comments on whether civil FBAR penalties should be subject to constitutional restrictions on excessive fines.

Officials believe the villain behind the Aubrey Valley/Double O Ranch ferrets’ steep decline since 2012 is the same one that has caused much of the species’ demise across the country: plague. The ...