The black-tailed prairie dog has been dropped from the federal endangered species candidate list, a move embraced by farmers and ranchers but which some conservationists decried as a mistake.

BILLINGS, Mont. -- Black-tailed prairie dogs have been denied protection under the Endangered Species Act after federal officials said the once-ubiquitous ground squirrels show signs of rebounding ...

Ensuring a vital population of black-tailed prairie dogs is key to the survival of the federally protected black-footed ferret, which the Fish and Wildlife Service has reintroduced into Wyoming. The ...

Research reveals that some prairie dog alarm calls encode remarkably specific information about humans and other predators.

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 ...

Longmont officials plan to move a large prairie dog colony from Dry Creek Community Park to the U.S. Army Pueblo Chemical Depot in Pueblo. The move makes way for future ballfields, a water plaza with ...

Prairie dogs aren’t dogs at all but are actually a species of ground squirrels. They are cousins of the squirrels we find in our backyards. Prairie dogs live in big social groups called prairie dog ...

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 ...

But in its status review finding released Wednesday, the Fish and Wildlife Service said that increasing black-tailed prairie dog populations indicate that these threats, along with other dangers such ...