Pet Prairie Dog Checking Out His New Bed Is Too Cute for Words originally appeared on PetHelpful. All pets love getting new toys and cozy things that are just for them, especially something to lounge ...

Kyra Richter has a unique pet: a prairie dog named Potato. She shares videos of his daily antics on her social media channels, and in this one, he's hard at work after finding new materials to add to ...

Meet the Cincinnati Zoo's newest animal ambassador.

Chuck the prairie dog has never met a stranger — from dogs and cats to squirrels and everything in between, he runs up to every animal like he’s making a new best friend. Raised by humans after being ...

Research reveals that some prairie dog alarm calls encode remarkably specific information about humans and other predators.

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, ...

CEDAR CITY, Utah — Spring has sprung, and for many Utahns, that means enjoying the warmer temperatures and getting those gardens ready for planting. But for the Division of Wildlife Resources, spring ...

"Prairie dogs have alarm calls for different species of predators," Slobodchikoff says. "We have identified different calls for humans, domestic dogs, red-tailed hawks, coyotes, cats, badgers, weasels ...

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 ...