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

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 ...

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 ...

LONGMONT, Colo. — A Longmont man is fighting to save his animal neighbors as he's about a three minute walk from one of the prairie dog colonies in his town. Jaime Fraina was one of 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 ...