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, ...

LA PLATA COUNTY, N.M. — Health officials in southern Colorado are warning the recent deaths of prairie dogs may be tied to a report of possible plague in the county. La Plata County officials are ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Longmont City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to refer a citizen-initiated revision of the city’s prairie dog code to staff ...

For about five years, a colony of 50 prairie dogs lived peacefully in a field next to a Bixby restaurant, entertaining diners and eating pizza and Cheerios.

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 ...

When a fictional prairie dog colony is threatened by human development, ten of the animals set off on an adventure to find a new home in Journey From Little Left, the debut novel from local 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 ...