Black-footed ferrets, an endangered species, rely on prairie dogs for much of their diet and are highly vulnerable to infection. A deadly bacterial disease has resurfaced among prairie dogs in South ...

At the Lake Superior Zoo you can find community everywhere. However, there’s no community as organized as the prairie dogs. Zoo keeper Jessica Kretsch says, “they’ll have little colonies and they have ...

In the early 1800s when Lewis & Clark explored the Louisiana territory, they were particularly intrigued with a small underground "barking squirrel" that perched on its mound sending warnings to the ...

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

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 are on the ...

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

FORT WORTH, Texas — Prairie dogs are making a triumphant, albeit cautious, return to the Fort Worth Nature Center & Refuge. Staff at Fort Worth Nature Center & Refuge recently relocated a group of ...

LUBBOCK, Texas — Prairie dogs are a common sight in Lubbock and could be considered the county’s unofficial mascot. They’re cute and cuddly and look oh so fluffy but ask any local and they’ll tell you ...

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 ...