Diseases are another major threat to prairie dog towns and to the black-footed ferrets that depend upon them. These solitary animals live alone, and in May and June females give birth to litters ...

Surgical sterilization of ferrets is a relatively common surgical procedure. It is usually done as a method of contraception and to prevent diseases associated with the reproductive system.

The domestic ferret, though not as common a laboratory animal as the rat or mouse, serves as a model in critical research areas, including influenza biology and vaccine development. Studies ...

In the early 1900s, the United States was likely home to more than 5 million ferrets. But ferrets, which hunt prairie dogs for food and live in their burrows, were almost wiped out early in the 20th ...