What’s life like for a 3-week-old cheetah cub? Read the latest about Echo’s litter of five adorable cubs in our latest animal update.
Flash was born in April 2017 at Toronto Zoo in Canada and came to SCBI with his brothers
Black-footed ferrets, North America’s only native ferret species, were thought to have gone extinct in 1979. On Sept. 26, 1981, a black-footed ferret was discovered on the Wyoming prairie. From that unlikely occurrence, an entire species began its comeback — one of the most remarkable conservation stories on Earth. In honor of the 40th anniversary of the discovery of the last black-footed ferret colony, here are five of this miraculous species’ momentous conservation milestones.
Again) From 1988 to 1993, Cheyenne Mountain Zoo, Louisville Zoological Gardens, Toronto
When Echo’s five cubs were born last fall, their exact parentage was a mystery. A genetic analysis conducted by Smithsonian scientists revealed the truth.
However, another male, 7-year-old Flash, had been brought from Toronto specifically
