Animal care staff are monitoring the kits via the Black-Footed Ferret Cam, a temporary live ... will develop their distinctive mask-like facial markings and dark foot markings by three weeks ...

At birth, black-footed ferret kits are blind, weigh less than 10 grams, and have a thin layer of white fur. Their distinctive mask-like markings and dark feet will appear at about 3 weeks old ...

The fur of black-footed ferrets is yellowish buff with lighter under parts. The forehead, muzzle and throat are white, and the feet are black (of course). A black mask frames the eyes, and is well ...

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 ...

Wildlife conservationists are celebrating a big milestone reached by a little black-footed ferret and her offspring, born at the Smithsonian National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute earlier ...

Ferrets have long weaseled their way into many people's hearts. To the surprise of some, the small fury animals were domesticated centuries ago, and they can be great pets for people who live in ...

She's on the mask. Kristy. KRISTY: Okay. (air flowing) Alright, I'm gonna give her the pit tag now. NARRATOR: The pit tag is a tiny transmitter that gives each ferret a unique ID number.

black-footed ferrets are native to North America and have lived on the continent for at least 100,000 years. Long and skinny, with light fur everywhere except for their black face masks ...

Energetic and curious, black-footed ferrets are a nocturnal type of weasel with dark eye markings resembling a robber's mask. Their prey is prairie dogs, and the ferrets hunt the rodents in often ...

Energetic and curious, black-footed ferrets are a nocturnal type of weasel with dark eye markings resembling a robber's mask. Their prey is prairie dogs, and the ferrets hunt the rodents in often ...

Energetic and curious, black-footed ferrets are a nocturnal type of weasel with dark eye markings resembling a robber’s mask. Their prey is prairie dogs, and the ferrets hunt the rodents in often vast ...