A once-lost prairie dog is now taking the spotlight at Abilene Prairie Dogs baseball games, thanks to a new partnership with the Big Country Wildlife Rehabilitation Center. Wilson Wahoo, a prairie dog ...

A study of the genetic basis of plague immunity in prairie dogs has broad implications for conservation. From white-nose syndrome in bats to avian malaria in Hawaiian birds, introduced pathogens are a ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Chuck the Prairie Dog lives in Palm Beach, Florida, and delights his hundreds of thousands of social media followers by documenting his activities on social media. As a pet prairie dog, he’s part of a ...

This photo provided by the Smithsonian in June 2024 shows a prairie dog at the American Prairie nature preserve in Montana. (Roshan Patel/Smithsonian National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute ...

A recent die-off of a large number of prairie dogs in southwestern Colorado has some health officials suspicious that the animals died of plague. The La Plata County Public Health Department launched ...

LA PLATA COUNTY, Colo. — Officials are investigating a large die-off of prairie dogs in southern Colorado and suspect that plague is to blame, the La Plata County Public Health Department said on ...

Cousin to squirrels – not canines – prairie dogs dig vast underground burrows that can cover hundreds of acres. The prairie dog barks. It also growls, and chatters. And if it spots danger – a ...

LA PLATA COUNTY, N.M. — Health officials in southern Colorado are warning the recent deaths of prairie dogs may be tied to a report of possible plague in the county. La Plata County officials are ...