"Poppy the Prairie Dog is an irresistibly cute and playful prairie dog who loves to explore and share her adorable antics.

The situation was worse than she realized: Prairie dogs are among the most maligned and persecuted animal species in the Western U.S. So maligned, in fact, that a 2020 survey in northern Montana found ...

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 ...

Ecosystem services provided by prairie dogs include recharging groundwater, aerating soil, sequestering carbon, cycling nutrients, spreading seeds, preventing desertification, and creating fire breaks ...

Prairie dogs occupy an estimated 130,000 acres of rangeland in Kansas. This is about 1 percent of suitable habitat, leaving ...

Thank you for your recent coverage of prairie dogs (“Weekly Why: Why do Coloradans care so much about prairie dogs?” Jan. 15). It’s an important topic, and I appreciate your efforts to highlight it. I ...

"It's not like we'll suddenly be out there tomorrow." City officials and residents have created a plan that allows prairie dogs to remain in the greenbelt, she said. The plan includes building ...

The situation was worse than she realized: Prairie dogs are among the most maligned and persecuted animal species in the Western U.S. So maligned, in fact, that a 2020 survey in northern Montana ...