Prairie dogs at the Phoenix Zoo were treated to an early Thanksgiving feast on Monday, November 24 – which they enjoyed chomping on almost as much as the package it came in, footage from the zoo shows ...

Turtle Back Zoo in West Orange offers families the chance to feed giraffes and crawl through tunnels with prairie dogs, making it a beloved spot for kids and parents alike.

Prairie dogs are dying in northern Arizona, and officials are concerned the cause could be the plague. Coconino County Health and Human Services recently received a report of a prairie dog die-off on ...

New research shows prairie dogs play an outsized role in nutrient cycling, adding to their list of beneficial services as ecosystem engineers.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Prairie dogs are the Paul Reveres of the Great Plains: They bark to alert neighbors to the presence of predators, with separate calls for dangers coming by land or by air. “Prairie ...

Why did the ornithologist strap a taxidermy badger to a remote controlled car and drive it around the prairie? To interrogate the secret world of animal eavesdropping in the grasslands, of course!

LUBBOCK, Texas — Prairie dogs are a common sight in Lubbock and could be considered the county’s unofficial mascot. They’re cute and cuddly and look oh so fluffy but ask any local and they’ll tell you ...

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 ...

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 ...