Plans for a summer youth recreation program similar to that conducted here the past three years were formulated Thursday ...

Another prairie dog species, the white-tailed prairie dog, lives in the western mountains. These rodents do not gather in large towns but maintain more scattered burrows. All species hunker down ...

The black-tailed prairie dog is an intelligent, sociable rodent that's a keystone species in the prairie ecosystem it calls home. This precocious little mammal is perfectly suited to its environment, ...

DESCRIPTION: The black-tailed prairie dog is a daytime-active, medium-sized rodent, ranging in length from 12 to 15 inches, including a three- to four-inch tail. Its weight ranges from 1.5 to three ...

New Mexico has the highest rate of human plague cases in the US with 254 diagnoses since 1970, according to the Center for ...

Twelve prairie dog pups are now on display at Boston's Franklin Park Zoo, officials announced Friday. Pups are born blind and ...

enables it to crawl in and out of the holes and dwellings of its primary prey—the prairie dog. Though black-footed ferrets sometimes eat squirrels, mice, and other rodents, prairie dogs are ...

At first glance, wide-open fields may look like just another stretch of Utah's vast landscape. But look a little closer, and ...

It is a Royalty Free image. Getty Images Getty Images/iStockphoto An infant was critically injured in an attack by a dog in Prairie Village on Thursday, according to the Prairie Village Police ...