In a world-first, Rathlin Island, off the coast of County Antrim, has eradicated ferrets. The non-native predator was introduced to the island in the 1980s and has wreaked havoc on the internationally ...

A ferret is released into a prairie dog burrow at the Southern Plains Land Trust in Lamar, Colo. Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2025 (Colorado Parks and Wildlife, Ryan Jones) LAMAR — Hours after being released ...

More than 100 extremely endangered black-footed ferrets have been released into the wild since 2022 at the Southern Plains Land Trust ranch south of Lamar, but biologists’ most recent fall survey ...

LAMAR, Colo. (KXRM) — Biologists in southeastern Colorado are using drone technology to track and study endangered black-footed ferrets that have been released on the eastern plains. According to ...

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It's the first time anywhere in the world that a population of feral ferrets was eradicated from an island they'd overtaken.

Students tried to release cute and seemingly harmless creatures in Colorado — but the critters turned out to be more than they bargained for. Colorado Parks and Wildlife Southeast Region on X A group ...

Colorado Parks and Wildlife released endangered black-footed ferrets on May Ranch in Lamar, Colo. on Nov. 14, with the help of students from Lamar Middle School (Amanda Pampuro/Courthouse News). LAMAR ...