Though black-footed ferrets sometimes eat squirrels, mice, and other rodents, prairie dogs are essential to their survival, making up the majority of the ferret diet. These voracious predators ...

The black-footed ferret is one of North America’s most endangered animals and has been since 1972. In fact, it got so bad ...

Morgan Heim A black-footed ferret sticks its head out of its burrow for a better view of the pen surroundings, a behavior called periscoping. Inside the pens, they are protected from predators ...

During that time, the poisoned animal is still active, spreading the poison throughout its habitat — and poisoned prairie dogs are still on predators' menu ... including the extremely endangered black ...

Presently, ferrets survive at 14 of those sites. Currently there are 340 black-footed ferrets in the wild and 301 in captivity. For decades the Center has been defending this species from threats like ...