Although they're more familiar to people as pets, the original ferrets were wild. About 2,500 years ago, Europeans began hand-rearing a weasel-like creature called the European polecat (Mustela ...

This page contains Amazon Associate advertisements.When living with ferrets, many owners are troubled at least once by behaviors such as "digging and scattering litter" or "eating the litter."In this ...

Wild black-footed ferret wearing a novel tracking collar peers out of a prairie dog burrow. Roshan Patel, Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute. Cutting-edge technology ...

If you have watched our black-footed ferret mom Potpie and her six kits on our Kit Cam, then you likely know their backstory. Potpie kicked off whelping season May 10 here at the Smithsonian ...

First, make sure you’re living somewhere where they’re legal to own. California, Hawaii, and New York City ban ferret ownership entirely, and many municipalities throughout the U.S. may have similar ...

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Ferret (Mustela putorius furo) on the autumn walk© Piskova Photo/Shutterstock.com Although they’re more familiar to people as pets, the original ferrets were wild. About 2,500 years ago, Europeans ...