How to Use black-footed ferret in a Sentence

black-footed ferret

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• That there are any black-footed ferrets at all is something of a miracle.
  — Benji Jones, Vox, 26 Feb. 2025
• Visitors to this park may be lucky enough to spot bighorn sheep, prairie dogs, bison, and black-footed ferrets.
  — Josh Laskin, Travel + Leisure, 1 Sep. 2023
• The black-footed ferret is now one such object of biotech efforts to restore its numbers.
  — Manasee Wagh, Popular Mechanics, 6 Feb. 2023
• Willa never reproduced, so her genes are not part of the captive black-footed ferret gene pool.
  — Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Apr. 2024
• The center breeds most of the black-footed ferrets in the US today.
  — Benji Jones, Vox, 26 Feb. 2025
• With that, the extinct black-footed ferret was officially brought back from the dead.
  — Benji Jones, Vox, 26 Feb. 2025
• The team is working to produce more black-footed ferret clones in the coming months as part of their research efforts.
  — Rob Picheta, CNN, 19 Feb. 2021
• In 2020, scientists cloned a black-footed ferret for the first time.
  — Matt Reynolds, Wired, 9 Feb. 2022
• The small animal was later identified as a black-footed ferret.
  — Anton L. Delgado, The Arizona Republic, 5 Aug. 2021
• Elizabeth Ann was born to a tame domestic ferret, which avoided putting a rare black-footed ferret at risk.
  — Mead Gruver, USA TODAY, 19 Feb. 2021
• There are several endangered species that still live on the land, including the black-footed ferret, as well as wolves and grizzly bears.
  — Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 2 Jan. 2024
• If only black-footed ferrets had a brand ambassador like groundhogs have in Punxsutawney Phil.
  — Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA TODAY, 14 Feb. 2025
• Encroaching junipers like the redcedar spell bad news for wildlife species that depend on wide-open prairies, such as the northern bobwhite bird and black-footed ferret.
  — Brianna Randall, Discover Magazine, 11 Dec. 2021
• An example of what that could mean in practice is provided by the black-footed ferret project, which also involved advanced bioscience.
  — Andy Lamey, The New Republic, 15 Dec. 2022
• Colorado Parks and Wildlife confirmed that a black-footed ferret was found in a residential garage in Pueblo.
  — Fox News, 31 Dec. 2021
• Once extinct in North America, black-footed ferrets have made a comeback because of breeding programs like the one the zoo runs.
  — Dana Hedgpeth, Washington Post, 18 June 2023
• This sample was from a black-footed ferret that had no surviving offspring, meaning that many of her genes are genetically diverse from those in the rest of the species.
  — Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, 4 Oct. 2023
• Experts at the facility breed and study more than 20 different species — many of which were at one point extinct in the wild, including the black-footed ferret.
  — Washington Post, 28 July 2021
• This is a fresh success story for the black-footed ferret, which has become emblematic of how well conservation and repopulation efforts can work.
  — Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 19 Feb. 2021
• In May 2020, a ferret at the National Zoo named Potpie gave birth to six black-footed ferret kits.
  — Theresa MacHemer, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Jan. 2021
• The species was thought to be extinct in the wild until 1981, when a ranch dog named Shep dropped a dead black-footed ferret on a porch near Meeteetse, Wyo.
  — Sabrina Imbler New York Times, Star Tribune, 18 Feb. 2021
• As previously reported, Elizabeth Ann was born from the frozen cells of Willa, a black-footed ferret who died over 30 years ago.
  — Brenton Blanchet, Peoplemag, 18 Apr. 2024
• The cryobank has provided genetic material to revive rare species like Przewalski’s horse and the black-footed ferret through cloning.
  — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 2 Apr. 2022
• With both the American chestnut and the black-footed ferret, 21st-century conservation solutions began in the lab.
  — Paul Robbins, Scientific American, 15 June 2021
• In 2020, conservationists achieved a major milestone with the birth of a black-footed ferret named Elizabeth Ann, who was the first clone of Willa.
  — David Faris, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
• The high-quality habitat supports one of the largest herds of pronghorn antelope in Arizona, as well as nesting for western burrowing owls and a potential reintroduction site for the endangered black-footed ferret.
  — John Leos, The Arizona Republic, 2 Dec. 2024
• Twice thought to be extinct, the black-footed ferret has returned, in fits and starts, to its native prairie grasslands in Arizona and other parts of North America through the work of people like Harris and her staff.
  — Karina Bland, The Arizona Republic, 7 June 2021
• The trio of black-footed ferret kits at the National Zoo’s biology facility in Virginia were named after more than 6,700 people voted.
  — Washington Post, 28 July 2021
• From black-footed ferrets to Western Lowland gorillas, the Louisville Zoo is often a collaborative partner in efforts to protect endangered species.
  — Ray Padilla, The Courier-Journal, 24 Dec. 2024