Black-footed ferrets, weasel-like animals with distinctive dark bands around their eyes and black feet, are ruthless little ...

Black-footed ferrets, weasel-like animals with distinctive dark bands around their eyes and black feet, are ruthless little hunters. At night, they dive into burrows in pursuit of juicy prairie ...

Coloradan Tina Jackson's one-year probationary period as a federal employee was set to end on March 10. But three weeks ago, she was let go from the Fish and Wildlife Service team she headed.

The concern comes after Tina Jackson, who led the species’ recovery across 12 states–including Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, ...

How will layoffs slashing a Colorado facility’s staff by more than a quarter impact efforts to restore the endangered ...

A dedicated team of workers is helping save the black-footed ferret. Now, President Trump is firing some of them. Experts worry it will hurt the species the most.

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Tina Jackson never tired of arriving to work at the National Black-Footed Ferret Conservation Center outside of Fort Collins. After nearly 30 years as a state wildlife manager, Jackson took a job ...

Using corrugated plastic tubing, a black-footed ferret gets its first view of its new home during a relocation effort by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, which heads up the National Black ...