People who “massacre” prairie dogs in Colorado should have to pick up the lead-riddled carcasses, says a group calling for ...

A couple of Pueblo West prairie dog colonies headed for certain death because of impending construction projects have received a pardon, and are digging new dens at the Pueblo Chemical Depot’s ...

Prairie dogs and groundhogs are incredibly similar animals, often so much so that people may think they are different names for the same creature! While that isn’t the case, it’s easy to see how it ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Beavers, earthworms, prairie dogs, elephants, and more don't just live in ecosystems, they reshape them to the benefit of ...

Prairie dog uses her treadmill in an unusual way to reach a snack. Venezuelan VP demands US free Maduro and vows to defend ...

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 ...