WASHINGTON (AP) — Prairie dogs are the Paul Reveres of the Great Plains: They bark to alert neighbors to the presence of predators, with separate calls for dangers coming by land or by air. “Prairie ...

A federal judge again dismissed a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Agriculture in which plaintiffs alleged the government acted unlawfully by exterminating prairie dogs in urban areas. Prairie ...

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 ...

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — The endangered Mexican Gray wolf remains an ongoing conservation topic in Arizona, and during a tour by the Society of Environmental Journalists April 24, wolf advocates, wildlife ...

Colorado State University researchers have identified priority areas for the conservation of the black-tailed prairie dog in the United States, extending from Montana to Texas and New Mexico to ...

The federal government's decision not to seek protection for the black-tailed prairie dog Thursday appeased agricultural interests and angered conservation groups. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service ...

Months of effort by neighbors in a Longmont community to save a prairie dog colony from extermination have paid off. The homeowner association board will soon decide whether the animals will be ...

Plans to conserve black-tailed prairie dogs, a key animal in prairie ecosystems and a candidate for federal protection, are progressing on several fronts. More than 60 people from 11 states, tribes, ...

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) - Conservation groups filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday seeking to prevent federal agencies from beginning a program that would poison and shoot black-tailed prairie dogs on federal ...

Boulder County has begun removing prairie dogs at the Heil Valley Ranch hiking area and sending them to a facility where many will be eaten alive by ferrets, prompting outrage from local residents.

(CBS4) - Leaders in Arapahoe County on Tuesday gave unanimous approval to a proposal to build an Xcel Energy natural gas pipeline through a conservation area for prairie dogs. Officials at Xcel want ...