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Plague is frequently detected in prairie dogs and other small animals including rock squirrels, wood rats, and other species of ground squirrels and chipmunks, the health department said. Plague is ...

Officials think there could be plague exposure in public areas and on private land, but health officials are urging people ...

A mass die-off of prairie dogs in a Colorado county has health officials concerned that it could be the plague.

Prairie dogs are dying in northern Arizona, and officials are concerned the cause could be the plague. Coconino County Health and Human Services recently received a report of a prairie dog die-off on ...

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 ...

La Plata County Public Health is investigating a large prairie dog die-off that has raised suspicions of plague in several ...

Prairie dogs play an important role in nutrient cycling, adding to their list of beneficial services as ecosystem engineers. Earth is made of cycles. If you think back to high school Earth science ...

When people would decide to manage prairie dogs by using gas or poison, they run the risk of hurting other creatures that ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. LONGMONT, Colo. (KDVR) — A group of Longmont ...

An animal cruelty investigation was launched after law enforcement in a New York town seized more than 80 domestic and exotic ...