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

Three coyote attacks in two days prompted the city of Atlantic Beach to issue an advisory the public, calling it "a serious ...

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

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

Prairie dog towns, often mistaken for simple clusters of burrowing rodents, are in fact bustling underground cities teeming ...

Have you ever stopped to wonder how a bustling community of tiny, chirping mammals could shape the fate of entire landscapes?

“What we want to know is if the grazer is one of those or not. What our preliminary research shows is that depending on the timing of grazing, when the grass (around prairie dog towns) is shorter and ...

Betsy Arakawa died in February of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome — a rare, rodent-borne disease that ... bathroom counter as one of the couple’s dog barked in the background.

A state assessment found rodents on the sprawling Santa Fe ... “I also observed a large, brown in color German Shepard dog sitting approximately five feet away from the deceased female ...

Dear Life Kit, I recently started talking to someone I really like, and we’re taking it slow. However, despite her busy lifestyle, she got a big dog that has attachment issues and spends all her time ...

These playful, busy rodents are always a popular attraction for visitors. You can check out these cute critters at Southwick’s Zoo in Mendon, Massachusetts. The Maryland Zoo in Baltimore has its own ...

“To whoever has the most money,” Cookie answered, pedantically. “Some Saudi princes bought that rocky section down by the river, the one with the big prairie dog town. They’s gonna use it to train ...