the best known of the five prairie dog species, live in larger communities called towns, which may contain many hundreds of animals. Typically they cover less than half a square mile, but some ...

The black-tailed prairie dog is an intelligent, sociable rodent that's a keystone species in the prairie ecosystem it calls home. This precocious little mammal is perfectly suited to its environment, ...

The black-tailed prairie dog is an intelligent, sociable rodent that's a keystone species in the prairie ecosystem it calls home. This precocious little mammal is perfectly suited to its environment, ...

This animal's long slender body, like that of a weasel, enables it to crawl in and out of the holes and dwellings of its primary prey—the prairie dog. Though black-footed ferrets sometimes eat ...

The prairie dog caught in Trap 69 was angry. And who could blame her? After waking up in her burrow on a mid-September ...

Prairie dog colonies may also provide other species ... Colten Salyer also donned thick leather gloves to protect himself from an angry mammal’s teeth. Then he opened a cat carrier filled ...

A Longmont HOA has voted to relocate a prairie dog colony living in a community open space, but only until March 1. After that, any remaining prairie dogs will be exterminated, according to a neighbor ...

A new analysis from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said Punxsutawney Phil came in near the bottom of a ...

Harvest Junction resident Eva Garon doesn’t want to see the prairie dog colony eliminated. She says her family chose to buy ...