Prolific prairie dogs populating Pueblo West are a cause for concern for some residents and valuable varmints to others. Some people view the burrowing rodents as pests that can spread plague and ...

Burrowing owls, as their name suggests, nest in underground burrows excavated by semi-fossorial animals, such as ground squirrels, prairie dogs and badgers. Not surprisingly, burrowing owls often ...

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - An appeals court ruling that says the U.S. government, not the state, should protect the Utah prairie dog is causing heartburn for many southern Utah residents who for years have ...

The tiny burrowing owl alighted atop a cone of prairie dirt, which marked a tunnel's mouth. Unable to dig its own burrow, the owl scrambled down the steeply slanted tunnel into a chamber it had ...