Decades ago, researchers laboriously excavated a white-tailed prairie dog burrow in southern Montana, revealing features like “sleeping quarters,” hibernacula, and a “maternity area” — but such work ...

Prairie dog colonies are often called "towns" because they support many animals in addition to their own species. Their vast underground infrastructures provide homes and shelter for wildlife such ...

LONGMONT, Colo. — A Longmont man is fighting to save his animal neighbors as he's about a three minute walk from one of the prairie dog colonies in his town. Jaime Fraina was one of the ...

A Colorado homeowners association has voted to allow the relocation of a prairie dog colony living in a community ... involved in efforts to save the animals. Earlier this week, residents of ...

We can sustain the variety of wildlife that depends on prairie dog populations, including our famous bald eagles, by carefully controlling their numbers. Bald Eagle. Image via Depositphotos. Bald ...

Like many developments in Longmont and throughout the Front Range, the prairie dog colony was not consistent with these plans, so the city relocated hundreds of rodents over the course of several ...

In fact, he’s even heard of dedicated prairie dog shooters attaching shooting benches to flatbed trucks ... It’s also illegal to shoot big game or trophy game animals such as deer, elk or black bears ...