Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Prairie dogs are dying in northern Arizona, and officials are concerned the cause could be the plague. Coconino County Health and ...

Neighbors in one Colorado community are fed up with a nearby colony of prairie dogs they say are digging their way into their yards. Prairie dogs are a keystone species and, for years, conservation ...

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 ...

WASHINGTON — 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 dogs ...

Tickets include an educational presentation and a meet-and-greet with zoo prairie dogs. Bagels and coffee are also provided.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Working quietly, Elise Wilson squeezed the handle of the hose, sending a stream of soapy water gushing into the prairie dog hole beside her. Across from her, Emily Renn knelt down, face inches from ...