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 ...

"Prairie dogs have alarm calls for different species of predators," Slobodchikoff says. "We have identified different calls for humans, domestic dogs, red-tailed hawks, coyotes, cats, badgers, weasels ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

From bears wandering Dolores streets in daylight to burrowing beavers, officials say some wildlife in Montezuma County is ...

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 ...