"Poppy the Prairie Dog is an irresistibly cute and playful prairie dog who loves to explore and share her adorable antics. She'll warm your heart with her daily adventures, from fun playtime to ...

Prairie dogs may appear to be just another rodent, but their vocalizations have baffled and fascinated researchers for decades. Unlike the simple alarm calls of many animals, prairie dog sounds ...

A Rolling Prairie man can thank his dog for quite possibly saving his life from a house fire. Eric Goodman, 44, told investigators he woke up to his dog barking. Then he smelled smoke.

Based north of the Missouri River and south of the Little Rockies, the school provides students an opportunity to learn about prairie plants, animals, traditional Native American games and cooking.

However, an animal that I believe deserves a little more attention is the black-tailed prairie dog. These little guys are members of the squirrel family and take residence in grassland ecosystems.

A prairie dog group scans for predators in South Dakota. Photo: Raymond Gehman/National Geographic Society/Corbis Prairie dogs’ complex social networks seemingly rival those of humans.

New Language Discovered: Prairiedogese Deep in the Arizona desert, one man has been deciphering the chatter between rodents, hoping to prove that communication among highly social animals is more ...

Slobodchikoff also argues that the prairie dog's barks, yips and chirping sounds are really a sophisticated form of communication that contains a vocabulary of at least 100 words.

Aside from the prairie dog habitat, the zoo plans to upgrade more displays in the future, according to Dancho. The zoo also recently built a new Andean bear exhibit and gained some spider monkeys ...

While he was in the hospital, Nulisch learned that his dog, 4-year-old Bullet, had run away from his Grand Prairie home. Nulisch was inconsolable. “I knew he was out there, and I couldn’t see ...