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 ...

(CBS4) - Hundreds of prairie dogs will soon be adjusting to their new homes at the Rocky Flats National Wildlife Refuge. Some of those animals transferred on Wednesday. The prairie dogs are being ...

"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 ...

If you heard me describing a highly social mammal with dense settlements and a sophisticated language, an animal that modifies its environment and one that has huge effects on the species around it, ...

Colorado Springs is a wildlife mecca. Our parks and open spaces provide habitat for hundreds of animal species. A wide diversity of birds, mammals and reptiles often grace our presence in these ...

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 ...

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 ...

The prairie dog caught in Trap 69 was angry. And who could blame her? After waking up in her burrow on a mid-September morning, she’d waddled innocently outside for a breakfast of mini marshmallows ...

Are prairie dogs pests or ecosystem engineers? It all depends on your point of view Andrew Dreelin & Andy Boyce Varmint, gopher, keystone species, ecosystem engineer. What prairie dogs are to you ...

In the battle to manage wildfires, experts often turn to advanced technologies and evolving techniques for help, but could the next breakthrough in fire management be found right under their feet?