A cloned black-footed ferret at the Smithsonian Zoo has given birth to two kits in an effort to conserve the endangered ...

Ferrets are mammals, and they are closely related to minks. The domestic ferret, Mustela putorius furo, is among the furred pets that some people keep in their homes in the United States.

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 ...

Now, the quest to understand mammalian respiratory diseases has made a less-controversial leap forward with the recent publication of the first full ferret genome in Nature Biotechnology this November ...