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 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 ...

"In a lab, we showed some prairie dogs the same human wearing the same clothes, and we showed them the same dog," Slobodchikoff says. "Not surprisingly, all of them had words for human and dog. But ...

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 ...

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 ...

Natural communities and ecosystems are often maintained by one or more keystone species within them. A keystone species is a species upon that other species in an ecosystem depend on so much that if ...

COAL VALLEY, Ill. (KWQC) -Niabi Zoo continues its Conservation Speaker Series on Saturday, April 20 from 10:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. at the Discovery Center featuring Dr. Travis Livieri, set to present ...

The Southern Great Plains offers a particular advantage. Prairie dogs do not fully hibernate. They surface at midday to feed ...

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 ...

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 ...

Jaime Fraina walks almost every day along Left Hand Creek in Longmont, where he enjoys a little fresh air and nature. Fraina particularly likes seeing the prairie dogs, which he often sees calling to ...