Black Footed Ferret Pup

A two week old black footed ferret in its nesting box at the National Zoo’s Conservation and Research Center in Front Royal, Va. on July 3, 2008.

Photo Credit Mehgan Murphy /Smithsonian’s National Zoo. Date July 3, 2008

A two month old black-footed ferret (right) with its mother at the National Zoo’s Conservation and Research Center.

Photo Credit Jessie Cohen/Smithsonian’s National Zoo. Date Aug. 18, 2008