Prairie dogs are among the most maligned and persecuted ... Swift foxes had already been reintroduced in parts of Alberta and Saskatchewan and on the Blackfeet and Fort Peck reservations.

Prairie dogs live in underground burrows, extensive warrens of tunnels and chambers marked by many mounds of packed earth at their surface entrances. Burrows have defined nurseries, sleeping ...

The black-tailed prairie dog is an intelligent, sociable rodent that's a keystone species in the prairie ecosystem it calls home. This precocious little mammal is perfectly suited to its environment, ...

This animal's long slender body, like that of a weasel, enables it to crawl in and out of the holes and dwellings of its primary prey—the prairie dog. Though black-footed ferrets sometimes eat ...

LONGMONT, Colo. — A Longmont man is fighting to save his animal neighbors as he's about a three minute walk from one of the prairie dog colonies in his town. Jaime Fraina was one of the ...