Prairie dogs are the Paul Reveres of the Great Plains: They bark to alert neighbors to the presence of predators, with ...

Prairie dogs are chatty creatures. The animals have a variety of calls to alert each other to the presence of predators, each ...

Ask National Geographic Explorer Joel Sartore ... In the late 19th century, federal extermination campaigns eliminated prairie dogs, seen as agricultural pests, from 96 percent of their historic ...

Prairie dogs will dive for cover at the tremor ... "This Is Not Going to Work." Gerrity, a National Geographic fellow, would be among the first to admit that the American Prairie Reserve was ...

Colorado State University researchers have identified priority areas for the conservation of the black-tailed prairie dog in the United ... regional and national conservation initiatives ...

In North America, however, plague is most commonly seen in prairie dogs, as well as other native rodents such as wood rats and squirrels. Scientists also have found evidence of plague among wild ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — The plague has been confirmed in prairie dogs in the Badlands National Park, Buffalo Gap National Grassland, and the greater Conata-Badlands ecosystem, according to ...