After an anonymous donor approached the wildlife center to save the critters, they reached out to the city and got the ball rolling.

Amarillo officials are moving forward with a new plan to address what the city calls an unmanageable overpopulation of ...

The City of Lawton is partnering with the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation to help relocate prairie dogs.

Research reveals that some prairie dog alarm calls encode remarkably specific information about humans and other predators.

On today’s Around the Block, we talked about how the Houston Cougars came out on top and advanced to the Sweet Sixteen, ...

Amarillo city officials are partnering with Wild West Wildlife Rehabilitation Center to address the prairie dog population at ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Prairie dogs play an important role in nutrient cycling, adding to their list of beneficial services as ecosystem engineers. Earth ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Kyra Richter has a unique pet: a prairie dog named Potato. She shares videos of his daily antics on her social media channels, and ...

"Prairie dogs have alarm calls for different species of predators," Slobodchikoff says. "We have identified different calls for humans, domestic dogs, red-tailed hawks, coyotes, cats, badgers, weasels ...

Editor’s note: This article has been updated to correct the group affiliations of Longmont residents who spoke to the City Council. The Longmont City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to refer a ...