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 ...

The four types of venomous snakes native to Kansas all share the same distinctive physical feature, a heat-sensitive pit in ...

To thrive, prairies need stress, whether it’s lightning sparking off their grasses or stampedes of bison flattening their ...

Beneath the endless blue skies of North America’s grasslands, something extraordinary unfolds just below the surface. Prairie ...

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

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

Prairie rattler feeds on lizards, mice, rats, pocket gophers The prairie rattlesnake is found in the western half of the state, the KDWP website said. It is capable of growing up to 4 feet ...

They eat rodents and are smaller than a prairie rattlesnake at 18 to 30 inches. Midget-faded rattlesnakes are only found in far west-central Colorado. They're smaller than prairie rattlesnakes ...