Loraine's a prairie dog that lives indoors, a fact that may surprise you! Even more surprising? She's part of a duo, spending ...

In Netflix’s ‘Little House on the Prairie,’ the Ingalls family goes through some of the toughest times in their lives in the ...

Prairie dogs and groundhogs are incredibly similar animals, often so much so that people may think they are different names for the same creature! While that isn’t the case, it’s easy to see how it ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — 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 ...

These charismatic, rabbit-size rodents live on North America's prairies and open grasslands in only a fraction of their former numbers. Prairie dogs live in underground burrows, extensive warrens of ...

Prairie dogs—those chubby little burrowing rodents found in grasslands across the central and western United States—may not have TikTok or Instagram but they do have intricate social networks.

We all know that bald eagles like fish. Few of us, however, picture them soaring over grasslands seeking out prairie dog snacks. In a paper published in the Journal of Raptor Research, lead author ...

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 will stand upright and watch for any signs of danger, ready to signal to the group if trouble approaches. Prairie dogs aren't dogs at all but are actually a species of ground squirrels.

Neighbors in one Colorado community are fed up with a nearby colony of prairie dogs they say are digging their way into their yards. Prairie dogs are a keystone species and, for years, conservation ...