An image of a black-footed ferret walking towards the cameras. The species is one of the successful instances of cloning endangered animals. Image source: J. Michael Lockhart/USFWS, via Wikimedia Commons

Successful cloning of endangered ferret species

The black-footed ferret species is one of the successful instances of cloning endangered animals, with three healthy clones born since 2020. Image source: J. Michael Lockhart/USFWS, via Wikimedia Commons Scientists in the US have recently announced that their cloning efforts regarding the endangered black-footed ferrets have led to a second and third birth. The scientific…