In September, five black-footed ferrets fitted with the novel tracking devices were released in a prairie dog colony in the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation in Montana, in partnership with the ...
After helping with that project, Jaime said he doesn't want to see a different prairie dog colony near his home go away. He walks by them every day, and the colony is a big reason he moved to the ...
Maximization of prairie dog colony acreage is known to benefit the shortgrass bird guild, but increasing colony acreage impacts livestock production and in some localities can negatively affect ...
Staffing cuts at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, including a key ferret recovery coordinator in Colorado, have sparked ...
Coyotes and badgers rely on the prairie dog for food, as depicted with this hunting pair prowling around a black-tailed prairie dog colony. Photo by Noelle Guernsey/Colorado State University ...
Hidden under the snowy ground of a Longmont neighborhood open space lives a colony of prairie dogs. Their fate will soon be decided by their neighbors, the Harvest Junction Village HOA.
MIGRATION: Black-tailed prairie dogs live in large social colonies and do not migrate. Males will disperse from their home family groups upon sexual maturation but typically stay within the same ...
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 ...
AWI is partnering with the Humane Society of the United States on emergency disease mitigation in South Dakota’s Conata Basin, home to the world’s largest remaining colony of black-tailed prairie dogs ...