The black-footed ferret could also be called the black-eyed ferret because of the distinctive “stick-em up” mask that adorns its face. The tan ferrets also have black markings on their feet ...

Their paper, published in Nature Neuroscience, unveils patterns of cortical activity occurring in the ferret visual cortex before and after newly born pups first open their eyes. "The fundamental ...

A U.S.-based animal rights group has pledged US$50,000 to help any ferrets rescued from a breeding mill in southwestern ...

The domestic ferret, though not as common a laboratory ... as chemical restraint can have complicating side-effects. For example, isoflurane anesthesia causes a rapid decrease in all hematological ...

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 ...