We can thank the University of Minnesota for popularizing an obscure but charismatic little mammal. In 1926, Clarence Spears, ...

Conservationists are sounding the alarm about the impact of development in Douglas County on wildlife, specifically prairie ...

as it has with many other animals whose popular names differ from their scientific names––think of prairie dogs, which are actually a type of ground squirrel­. The common usage and the more ...

which sound similar to a dog's bark, but they are rodents; cousins of the ground squirrel. There are five species of prairie dogs with the black-tailed prairie dog named for its black-tipped tail.

At the Lake Superior Zoo you can find community everywhere. However, there's no community as organized as the prairie dogs.

State wildlife officials are ecstatic after September survey at May Ranch turns up good endangered species news.

Just the curving earth, the prairie dogs and us. We felt exultant ... I felt suspended, dimensionless, awed; it was a sensation unlike anything I’d experienced above ground. Then Bear Eagle flipped ...

Farming and development destroyed a lot of the squirrel’s prairie habitat and fragmented the populations that are still ...

Chipmunks along with groundhogs (also known as woodchucks), marmots, and prairie dogs are all considered ground dwelling squirrels. Take a moment to appreciate our squirrel-related collections images ...

Rodenticides are chemical compounds used to control or eliminate rodents, since a rodent infestation can have a substantial ...

Historically found on Indiana’s prairie lands thanks to pressure from ... Problems arise, however, when they kill Hoosiers' cats and small dogs. Start the day smarter. Get all the news you ...