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 ...
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Prairie dogs — the long-reviled rodents that pester developers and ranchers yet play a key role for Great Plains ecosystems — not only are surviving but may ...
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 ...
These rodents build towns, help the environment, and even talk about us. Laura Moss is a journalist with more than 15 years of experience writing about science, nature, culture, and the environment.