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 ...

The prairie dog caught in Trap 69 was angry. And who could blame her? After waking up in her burrow on a mid-September morning, she’d waddled innocently outside for a breakfast of mini marshmallows ...

Are prairie dogs pests or ecosystem engineers? It all depends on your point of view Andrew Dreelin & Andy Boyce Varmint, gopher, keystone species, ecosystem engineer. What prairie dogs are to you ...

The collective stare of environmental activists penetrated the pulpit in the Longmont City Council chambers on Nov. 12, 2024. After a barrage of statements from the public calling for the city to put ...

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 ...

Prairie dogs are amazing beings. These social rodents are family-living animals who also have evolved an amazing and complex vocal repertoire. A recent essay by Ferris Jabr in the New York Times ...

Lethal control of prairie dogs, which Boulder has disavowed, could be back in the spotlight after Wednesday’s meeting of Open Space and Mountain Parks trustees if some members of the local ...

Prairie dogs in Longmont are getting a second chance at life with help from a dedicated group of volunteers. At Dry Creek Community Park, volunteers are trapping and removing prairie dogs from their ...

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 ...