Prairie dogs live in underground burrows, extensive warrens of tunnels and chambers marked by many mounds of packed earth at their surface entrances. Burrows have defined nurseries, sleeping ...

During that time, the poisoned animal is still active, spreading the poison throughout its habitat — and poisoned prairie dogs are still on predators' menu. The Center submitted comments explaining ...

DESCRIPTION: The black-tailed prairie dog is a daytime-active, medium-sized rodent, ranging in length from 12 to 15 inches, including a three- to four-inch tail. Its weight ranges from 1.5 to three ...

In a variation on species banking, habitat exchanges extend mitigation efforts to a broader landscape that allows multiple landowners to develop and sell credits to multiple buyers. An independent ...

This animal's long slender body, like that of a weasel, enables it to crawl in and out of the holes and dwellings of its primary prey—the prairie dog. Though black-footed ferrets sometimes eat ...

The diminutive prairie dog plays an outsized role in the prairie ecosystem. As vital prey for some species and habitat creators for others through their complex system of burrows, they support ...

“The black-footed ferret feeds on black-tailed prairie dogs and relies on their burrows as habitat,” Judge Carolyn McHugh wrote. “As such, a healthy black-tailed prairie dog population is ...

Children's show. Set against the stunning backdrop of North America's prairies, every episode tells a story of adventure as the little prairie dogs explore the world around them ...

"It was a battle to get these prairie dogs up here," Meyer said. "This was the only place we had, the only land that we could ...

At Dry Creek Community Park, volunteers are trapping and removing prairie dogs from their underground habitat. What started as a colony of roughly 700 prairie dogs has dropped to around 150 ...

The federal government's decision to list the lesser prairie chicken as endangered or threatened could inspire interest in a system of conservation banking that pays landowners a market rate for ...