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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service recently announced that Antonia, a clone of a black-footed ferret born in the 1980s, successfully gave birth to two offspring, Sibert and Red Cloud, at the ...

Plague-fighting techniques and cloning have fuelled the comeback of the critically endangered black-footed ferret.

For the first time, the clone of a black-footed ferret has reproduced successfully. Antonia, a clone produced from the DNA of a ferret that died in 1988, has birthed two healthy kits. The black ...

Black-footed ferrets, also known as American polecats ... With luck, Sibert and Red Cloud will be able to continue her legacy. Get the latest stories in your inbox every weekday.

In a groundbreaking development for conservation, a cloned black-footed ferret named Antonia has given birth to two healthy kits, marking the first time a clone of an endangered U.S. species has ...

The black-footed ferret is one of America's most endangered ... of conservation generally," Sandler continues. "We shouldn't get overly distracted by the 'wow' of the technology and lose sight ...

Sibert and Red Cloud, black-footed ferret siblings at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute, are the first members of an endangered species born to a cloned animal.

The past, he asserts, is overflowing with “embellished tales, subtle propaganda, outright lies, vicious rumors, harmless exaggerations, misheard anecdotes and people just getting things wrong.” ...

Authorities indicated that techniques used in their work with black-footed ferrets could help preserve other endangered species. The two ferrets were born in June to a cloned mother at the ...