Poppy the prairie dog offers a sassy and dismissive gesture with a quick wave of her tiny paw.

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!

Learn why prairie dogs are ecosystem engineers, how they communicate, and why they are vital to North American grasslands.

The prairie dog caught in Trap 69 was angry. And who could blame her? After waking up in her burrow on a mid-September morning, she’d waddled innocently outside for a breakfast of mini marshmallows ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Longmont City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to refer a citizen-initiated revision of the city's prairie dog code to staff ...