A study of the genetic basis of plague immunity in prairie dogs has broad implications for conservation. From white-nose ...

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 be far more abundant in Col… ...

BOULDER, Colo. (CBS4)-- Boulder City Council is considering expanding lethal measures used to control the prairie dog population on city-managed agricultural land.If approved, the new control ...

After a year, just 10 to 15 percent of the creatures typically remain at the relocation sites, said Keith Day, a state wildlife biologist who oversees the prairie dog program. Though some leave ...

In response to a census released in 2000, which estimated the black-tailed prairie dog population at a disturbingly low 6,760,000—compared to perhaps 400 million or more around 1900—the USFWS ...

“We had 2,000 acres with prairie dogs out here but maybe three or four years ago there was a cycle of sylvatic plague that took the population down to an area of just 200 acres,” Pulskamp ...

You know a compromise is a good one when both sides with a vested interest aren’t really happy about it. A compromise, after all, means that both sides need to give a little.And that’s why we’re ...

The prairie dogs are overrunning neighboring land and they' re ... Boulder County Residents Concerned About Growing Prairie Dog Population. April 18, 2019 / 11:00 PM MDT / CBS Colorado ...

Ensuring a vital population of black-tailed prairie dogs is key to the survival of the federally protected black-footed ferret, which the Fish and Wildlife Service has reintroduced into Wyoming.

An estimated 150 prairie dogs living in the area of a planned light-rail stop near East Iliff Avenue along Interstate 225 in Aurora will be happy. But their furry friends further north along the ...