Michael Hodges, author and photographer, captured an extraordinary video clip recently while exploring Theodore Roosevelt ...

The Longmont City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to refer a citizen-initiated revision of the city’s prairie dog code to ...

Prairie dogs play an important role in nutrient cycling, adding to their list of beneficial services as ecosystem engineers. Earth is made of cycles. If you think back to high school Earth science ...

A recent die-off of a large number of prairie dogs in southwestern Colorado has some health officials suspicious that the animals died of plague. The La Plata County Public Health Department launched ...

Everybody knows that, when a groundhog sees its shadow, it means there will be six more weeks of winter; lesser known is that, when a prairie dog sees its shadow, it means there will be a ...

LUBBOCK, Texas — Prairie dogs are a common sight in Lubbock and could be considered the county’s unofficial mascot. They’re cute and cuddly and look oh so fluffy but ask any local and they’ll tell you ...

The war on private-property rights is one battle-tested ranchers in southeastern Colorado know all too well. Now, in a ...

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- Landowners in southwestern South Dakota are asking the state to compensate them for losses caused by black-tailed prairie dogs that moved from federal land onto the ranchers' ...

PHOENIX, AZ (KTRK) -- A pool man in Phoenix carried out a tiny rescue operation after he spotted a small prairie dog floating in a pool. Rich Gruber thought it hadn't been there very long, so he ...