ferret

Livieri, 55, is one of a handful of biologists pulling night shifts across the Great Plains to save the black-footed ferret from extinction.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2026

The results of a year-long research project are expected to reveal more about Guernsey's wild ferret population than ever, project leaders have said.

From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026

"We were very excited to see that GHP-88310 given by mouth completely prevented airborne transmission in our ferret model of measles," said first author Carolin Lieber, a senior postdoctoral fellow in the Plemper lab.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 24, 2026

The online service Grammarly originated in 2009 as a suite of tools to help ferret out plagiarism in schoolwork or help students hone their grammar and spelling.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 17, 2026

I can hardly wait for the day when I'll be able to go to the public library and ferret out the information I need.

From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank

At their wedding, bridesmaids walked down the aisle carrying domestic ferrets.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2026

That one guy who lives ’round the corner who has three pet ferrets and wears flip-flops all year long.

From Slate ● Aug. 12, 2026

They also looked at an unpublished study on ferrets which found that the research-grade version of Ervebo provided 100-percent protection against Bundibugyo, whereas all control animals died within 10 days.

From Barron's ● Aug. 7, 2026

Researchers at Georgia State University have developed an experimental oral antiviral that prevented a measles-like virus from spreading between ferrets through both close contact and the air.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 24, 2026

Cluny turned back to the ferrets, weasels and stoats.

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques

The Agriculture Department ferreted data from 28 states and says it found nearly 186,000 dead recipients.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 7, 2026

He also "ferreted about" in a "deception" to obtain false "dodgy" quotes to help the firm get the lucrative business.

From BBC ● Apr. 29, 2025

Effective today it is not just a point of contention, it is a sin, to be ferreted out through rumor and whisper, to be punished by reprisals, unstated but ever present.

From Slate ● Jan. 23, 2025

Tran ferreted out a Social Security number for the patient from a confidential report about her test result, then plugged that into the databases.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 16, 2023

Julia jumped out, opened the boot, ferreted through her box of records, and ran back up the drive.

From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell

But as “Corner Boy” so presciently reminds, Cohn has never given up his contrarian voice and his yen for anti-complacency and ferreting out new experiences.

From Salon ● Oct. 8, 2026

For litigators, it has created a new imperative: ferreting out citations that have been fabricated by AI bots in their own court filings — and their adversaries’.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 27, 2026

Twitter has drastically reduced its staff focused on ferreting out misinformation, hate speech and extremist content since it was bought by Elon Musk.

From Washington Times ● May 5, 2023

In the year or so since Colombia Rural Vital introduced its initiative in Orito, she had become a medical detective of sorts, traveling from village to village, cultivating sources and ferreting out unreported deaths.

From New York Times ● Mar. 29, 2023

Buckbeak was ferreting around on the rocky floor, looking for bones he might have overlooked.

From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling