FORT WORTH, Texas — Prairie dogs are making a triumphant, albeit cautious, return to the Fort Worth Nature Center & Refuge. Staff at Fort Worth Nature Center & Refuge recently relocated a group of ...

A five-hour, 350-mile journey from the West Texas town of Canyon to Fort Worth brought something good to the city-owned nature center. About 100 black-tailed prairie dogs are now burrowing their way ...

The animal lovers at ZooEarthTV make the case that black-tailed prairie dogs are far more fascinating and worthy of attention than most people realize.

Colorado State University researchers have identified priority areas for the conservation of the black-tailed prairie dog in the United States, extending from Montana to Texas and New Mexico to ...

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. — After weeks of staying snug in their underground burrows, black-tailed prairie pups have emerged at Connecticut’s Beardsley Zoo in Bridgeport, according to a release from the zoo ...

A program was undertaken to develop zinc phosphide as a replacement for the more hazardous toxicants currently available to control black-tailed prairie dogs (Cynomys ludovicianus). Four field trials ...

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. The ...

CHEYENNE -- After a year-long review process, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced Wednesday that the black-tailed prairie dog should not be listed as an endangered or threatened species. An ...

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 ...