It's not every day a prairie dog goes viral for villain behavior, but then again, Chunk isn't your average rodent. Captured ...

Sometimes, it’s the small things that make the biggest difference. Consider viruses. Or electrons. Or prairie dogs. That last one might seem like a bit of a stretch, but bear with me. A few weeks ago ...

Chunk doesn't want to take over the world; he just wants to be part of it.

It's been said that we should shoot for the stars, but sometimes there is value in being realistic as well. Take, for example, this incredibly cute and chubby prairie dog trying—and failing—to jump on ...

Black-tailed prairie dogs eat vegetation, create burrows and clear ground. Do those habits impact the spread of wildfires? Researchers from the University of Arizona are calling for more ...

New research shows prairie dogs play an outsized role in nutrient cycling, adding to their list of beneficial services as ecosystem engineers. Soil nutrients support plants, and the animals who ...

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 ...

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, ...