The story of the black-footed ferrets is a wild one. Their numbers declined precipitously in the twentieth century due to the ...

A 3-year-old spider monkey named Ticky recently made a hilarious special appearance in The Bronx — clad in a diaper while ...

L ocated in Frampton, Canada, the Miller Zoo is home to many animals, including their newest residents, some adorable baby ...

Also, the Smithsonian National Zoo in Washington, D.C., has just welcomed ferret babies, which can be viewed on the "Black-Footed Ferret Cam." Each fall, Monarch butterflies journey between 1,200 ...

Rabbit: Females can have up to 14 kits per litter, breeding multiple times annually due to short gestation periods. Hamster: Typically has 4-12 pups per litter, breeding every few weeks if conditions ...

The strain of H5N1 bird flu isolated from a dairy worker in Texas was 100 percent fatal in ferrets used to model influenza illnesses in humans. However, the virus appeared inefficient at spreading ...

12:45 p.m.: A caller in the 300 block of North 25th Avenue reported a ferret in a ditch carrying a baby in its mouth. 5:00 ...

June 7 (Reuters) - The bird flu virus strain that infected a Texas dairy farm worker in March was lethal to ferrets in experiments designed to mimic the disease in humans, the U.S. Centers for ...

So when the pediatrician whips out a growth chart and ranks baby's height and weight in percentiles ... they're designed to help doctors ferret out potential health or growth problems.

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 ...

Black-footed ferrets were presumed extinct by 1980 ... When we visited, the Smithsonian’s National Zoo had 33 adults and 51 kits, or babies. The zoo feeds them horsemeat and rats.