Prairie dogs are dying in northern Arizona, and officials are concerned the cause could be the plague. Coconino County Health and Human Services recently received a report of a prairie dog die-off on ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Prairie dogs are the Paul Reveres of the Great Plains: They bark to alert neighbors to the presence of predators, with separate calls for dangers coming by land or by air. “Prairie ...

BISMARCK -- Good neighbors keep their prairie dogs, like any dog, on their side of the property line. In a nutshell, that’s what the U.S. Forest Service is aiming to accomplish with its proposed plan ...

Residents may hate them, but businesses dealing with the burrowing rodent are having a banner season In August, the San Juan Basin Health Department confirmed that a burrow of prairie dogs ridden with ...

Prairie dogs aren’t dogs at all but are actually a species of ground squirrels. They are cousins of the squirrels we find in our backyards. Prairie dogs live in big social groups called prairie dog ...

Prairie dogs compete with cattle for forage and have a reputation for damaging grazing lands, reducing annual forage production, and degrading the vegetation plant community. Scientists at the United ...

(CBS4) - Hundreds of prairie dogs will soon be adjusting to their new homes at the Rocky Flats National Wildlife Refuge. Some of those animals transferred on Wednesday. The prairie dogs are being ...

Editor’s note: This article has been updated to correct the group affiliations of Longmont residents who spoke to the City Council. The Longmont City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to refer a ...

Researchers are looking into what may be a peaceful solution to the timeless struggle against a Mountain West rodent. They’re giving prairie dogs birth control. “They’re very important. Lots of other ...

When I headed to Montana to visit the American Prairie, I had bison on my mind. They are the quintessential plains animal and North America’s largest land mammal. But what I didn’t expect was for a ...

They’re easy to miss when you’re driving by. Tiny, sandy bodies blend in perfectly with the light dirt in which they make their homes. However, if you’re able to catch a glimpse, the sheer number of ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Prairie dogs are the Paul Reveres of the Great Plains: They bark to alert neighbors to the presence of predators, with separate calls for dangers coming by land or by air. “Prairie ...