Prairie dogs are highly social animals belonging to the squirrel family. There are five species of prairie dogs in North America, however, just ‘the black tailed prairie dog” is native to South Dakota ...

The black-footed ferret is one of North America’s most endangered mammals, due to the decimation of its prey species, the prairie dog. Researchers need to determine which prairie dog colony complexes ...

Adult bald eagle delivers prairie dog to a nest near Boulder, Colorado associated with research in an upcoming paper in Vol 55 Western Birds Journal. We all know that bald eagles like fish. Few of us, ...

Researchers have identified priority areas for conserving the black-tailed prairie dog in the United States. Protecting these regions will also benefit North America's Central Grasslands and the many ...

Graeme Shannon received funding from the US National Park Service. In today’s busy online world, our brain’s are constantly stimulated by an onslaught of information. When faced with distractions such ...

This study, conducted from 2015-19 in the Thunder Basin National Grassland, may be the first to specifically examine the multispecies impacts of a wide-scale plague outbreak, which reduced the area ...