Take one look at a happy ferret at play, and you'll immediately understand why so many people love them. They're so effusively energetic, constantly moving, playing, and exploring - and when they're ...

SACRAMENTO (AP) — California's ferret owners are tired of being criminals. They live in the only U.S. state besides Hawaii that bans residents from keeping ferrets as pets, forcing an untold number of ...

Some people call ferrets the court jesters of the pet world. They are cute, playful, curious and affectionate, but don't fall for the marketing hype that caring for one, or two, or five, is easy and ...

With Christmas around the corner, and knowing that many people buy pets for their children as a gift, I wanted to send out a little information to work with. I have been happily owned by ferrets since ...

Oliver the white-coated ferret loves to hike, kayak and nap across the country Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2013, covering pets, animal rescue and ...