Colorado State University researchers have identified priority areas for conserving the black-tailed prairie dog in the ...

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 ...

Conserving this habitat benefits other grassland species that depend on the prairie dog for food and habitat. Published in Diversity and Distributions in January, this research and accompanying ...

During that time, the poisoned animal is still active, spreading the poison throughout its habitat — and poisoned prairie dogs are still on predators' menu. The Center submitted comments explaining ...

HOA meeting in Longmont will explore the potential extermination or other means of mitigation of a colony. But some neighbors argue the animals are vital to the eco ...

The diminutive prairie dog plays an outsized role in the prairie ecosystem. As vital prey for some species and habitat creators for others through their complex system of burrows, they support ...

Work at the National Black-Footed Ferret Conservation Center in northern Colorado is helping save one of the most endangered ...

Cutting-edge technology designed to track and understand the secret, underground lives and behavior of the elusive black-footed ferret has been deployed in the wild for the first time. Believed to be ...

Biologists estimate prairie dogs have lost 98% of their habitat to development. Prairie dogs serve as a keystone species but have little special protection under state law. According to Colorado ...

LONGMONT, Colo. — A Longmont man is fighting to save his animal neighbors as he's about a three minute walk from one of the prairie dog colonies in his town. Jaime Fraina was one of the ...