Some new furry faces have popped up at Connecticut's Beardsley Zoo. Black-tailed prairie dog pups that were born around three weeks ago underground in the Bridgeport zoo's habitat have begun coming to ...

County commissioners are ratcheting up protections for prairie dogs as subdivisions south of city continue to be built.

Twelve prairie dog pups are now on display at Boston's Franklin Park Zoo, officials announced Friday.Pups are born blind and hairless and do not make an appearance outside of the burrow until they are ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Before today, I had no idea that people even kept prairie dogs as pets. But this guy does in Palm Beach Florida, and what’s more, ...

Neighbors in one Colorado community are fed up with a nearby colony of prairie dogs they say are digging their way into their yards. Prairie dogs are a keystone species and, for years, conservation ...

The diminutive prairie dog plays an outsized role in the prairie ecosystem. As vital prey for some species and habitat creators for others through their complex system of burrows, they support ...

Coconino County officials are investigating and collecting fleas for testing after a pairie dog die-off. Residents are advised to take precautions to avoid exposure to the plague, including using flea ...

Prairie dogs in Longmont are getting a second chance at life with help from a dedicated group of volunteers. At Dry Creek Community Park, volunteers are trapping and removing prairie dogs from their ...

Matt Rogers has used the Game, Fish and Parks prairie dog control program for three years and it has been successful on his pasture ground. Matt Rogers used the South Dakota Game, Fish, and Parks ...

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 ...

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

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 ...