Black-footed ferrets, an endangered species, rely on prairie dogs for much of their diet and are highly vulnerable to infection. A deadly bacterial disease has resurfaced among prairie dogs in South ...

In the early 1800s when Lewis & Clark explored the Louisiana territory, they were particularly intrigued with a small underground "barking squirrel" that perched on its mound sending warnings to the ...

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 ...

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Prairie dogs are fascinating sentient rodents. They’re highly intelligent, deeply emotional, and have evolved complex patterns of social organization and social communication that have many components ...

This past month was an awesome experience as we were surveying some of the last remaining prairie dog towns of significant size in North and South Dakota. These surveys were conducted at night and ...