Twelve prairie dog pups are now on display at Boston's Franklin Park Zoo, officials announced Friday.Pups are born blind and hairless and do not make an appearance outside of the burrow until they are ...

Prairie dogs shape vibrant grassland ecosystems, and support biodiversity. Protecting these tiny architects is vital to the ...

SOUTH BEND, Ind. (WSBT) — Exciting news from the Potawatomi Zoo — they have baby prairie dogs! The zoo shared a video of one of the babies. The babies, called pups, will live their first six weeks ...

Prairie dogs play an important role in nutrient cycling, adding to their list of beneficial services as ecosystem engineers. Earth is made of cycles. If you think back to high school Earth science ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Mexican gray wolf M1477 on Jan. 26, 2024, after being released south of Hannagan Meadow, Arizona. M1477, an 8-year-old male and ...

Prairie dogs start barking bloody murder and scramble for their burrows as a hawk glides fast and low over the colony. The emergency broadcast gives the rotund fur balls ample warning. For the raptor, ...

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 ...

On the vast grasslands of North America, the Prairie Dog lives a small, social rodent with a loud voice and remarkable ...

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — The endangered Mexican Gray wolf remains an ongoing conservation topic in Arizona, and during a tour by the Society of Environmental Journalists April 24, wolf advocates, wildlife ...