The prairie dogs at Martin Park Nature Center have been through a journey of Homeric proportions. Their odyssey began in a ...

WASHINGTON — Prairie dogs are the Paul Reveres of the Great Plains: They bark to alert neighbors to the presence of predators, with separate calls for dangers coming by land or by air. “Prairie dogs ...

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"Prairie dogs have alarm calls for different species of predators," Slobodchikoff says. "We have identified different calls for humans, domestic dogs, red-tailed hawks, coyotes, cats, badgers, weasels ...

Prairie dogs may seem small and harmless at first. But their communication system is far more complex than it looks. They use specific sounds to warn each other about danger. Every call carries ...

Prairie dog advocates in the state of Colorado are up in arms over the recent issues with coyotes. According to the group, coyotes have been attacking and eating people's pets. They claim that this is ...

Prairie dogs start barking bloody murder and scramble for their burrows as a hawk glides fast and low over the colony. The emergency broadcast gives the rotund fur balls ample warning. For the raptor, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Prairie dogs are a big part of what makes Colorado special. They’re a native animal we see all the time, and they do a lot of good for our grasslands. They are what we call a “keystone species,” which ...