"Poppy the Prairie Dog is an irresistibly cute and playful prairie dog who loves to explore and share her adorable antics.

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 ...

Researchers found high potential for conservation in the grasslands of eastern Montana and Wyoming, southeastern Colorado and ...

Black-footed ferrets, weasel-like animals with distinctive dark bands around their eyes and black feet, are ruthless little ...

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, ...

DESCRIPTION: The black-tailed prairie dog is a daytime-active, medium-sized rodent, ranging in length from 12 to 15 inches, including a three- to four-inch tail. Its weight ranges from 1.5 to three ...

This article was originally published with the title “ The Social Behavior of Prairie Dogs ” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 201 No. 4 (October 1959), p. 128 doi:10.1038 ...

JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - Four Amazon parrots at the Jackson Zoological Park were found dead recently, believed to be the ...