A Casper-area man said it took him by surprise to learn that shooting prairie dogs from a vehicle is illegal. Another avid ...

Lander Lil, the famous Wyoming prairie dog who predicts the weather better than Punxsutawney Phil, didn’t see her shadow ...

The prairie dog caught in Trap 69 was angry. And who could blame her? After waking up in her burrow on a mid-September ...

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Prairie dogs live in underground burrows, extensive warrens of tunnels and chambers marked by many mounds of packed earth at their surface entrances. Burrows have defined nurseries, sleeping ...

Colorado State University researchers have identified priority areas for conserving the black-tailed prairie dog in the ...

populations of the five prairie dog species have declined by around 95 percent—with two listed under the Endangered Species Act—due to a variety of threats, including habitat destruction and ...

THREATS: Black-tailed prairie dogs face myriad threats — most of them human caused. Often regarded by ranchers and farmers as pests, populations have been intentionally reduced by poisoning and ...

Some relied on prairie dogs for nourishment during thin times, or used them as a ceremonial food. But European settlers were remarkably effective at shooting and poisoning prairie dogs and plowing ...