Some new furry faces have popped up at Connecticut's Beardsley Zoo. Black-tailed prairie dog pups that were born around three weeks ago underground in the Bridgeport zoo's habitat have begun coming to ...

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 ...

If you ever have walked across a Nebraska prairie and noticed small dirt mounds dotting the landscape, heads popping from burrows and sharp barking, you likely have wandered into a prairie dog town.