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, ...

TUCSON, Ariz. (KVOA) - University of Arizona researchers have uncovered that black-tailed prairie dogs may play a significant role in wildfire prevention. These prairie dogs eat vegetation, create ...

Slobodchikoff conducted most of his research on the Gunnison's prairie dog species in the vicinity of Flagstaff. Prairie dogs, considered pests by many ranchers and farmers, were extirpated by ...

Black-tailed prairie dogs eat vegetation, create burrows and clear ground. Do those habits impact the spread of wildfires? Researchers from the University of Arizona are calling for more ...

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 ...