Colorado State University researchers have identified priority areas for the conservation of the black-tailed prairie dog in the United States, extending from Montana to Texas and New Mexico to ...

Colorado State University researchers have identified priority areas for the conservation of the black-tailed prairie dog in the United States, extending from Montana to Texas and New Mexico to ...

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? If ...

In the American South west, it seems we have a love-hate relationship with the prairie dog. Environmentalists and nature-lovers view them as cute and highly social animals that are also an important ...

Researchers have deployed a new tracker that helps them monitor prairie dogs and track their movements underground. The tracker uses sensors, including accelerometers and magnetometers, and combines ...

In the American Southwest, it seems we have a love-hate relationship with the prairie dog. Environmentalists and nature-lovers view them as cute and highly social animals that are also an important ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Longmont City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to refer a citizen-initiated revision of the city's prairie dog code to staff ...

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 ...

The National Park Service and U.S. Forest Service have confirmed plague as the cause of a prairie dog die off in Badlands National Park, Buffalo Gap National Grassland and the greater Conata-Badlands ...

Black-tailed prairie dogs eat vegetation, create burrows and clear ground. Do those habits impact the spread of wildfires? Researchers from the University of Arizona are calling for more ...