"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 ...

Editor’s note: This article has been updated to correct the group affiliations of Longmont residents who spoke to the City Council. The Longmont City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to refer a ...

Much anxiety and interest have been buzzing around on social media and local conversations about the possible extermination of native prairie dogs from John Stiff Memorial Park in Amarillo. In one ...

Prairie dogs are amazing beings. These social rodents are family-living animals who also have evolved an amazing and complex vocal repertoire. A recent essay by Ferris Jabr in the New York Times ...

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, ...

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 ...