Prairie dogs in Longmont are getting a second chance at life with help from a dedicated group of volunteers. At Dry Creek Community Park, volunteers are trapping and removing prairie dogs from their ...

Longmont officials plan to move a large prairie dog colony from Dry Creek Community Park to the U.S. Army Pueblo Chemical Depot in Pueblo. The move makes way for future ballfields, a water plaza with ...

News of dead prairie dogs found in traps by Santa Fe Place mall is a really big issue, bigger than most might think. These incidents are regrettable reflections of general human attitudes and conduct ...

Prairie dogs aren’t dogs at all but are actually a species of ground squirrels. They are cousins of the squirrels we find in our backyards. Prairie dogs live in big social groups called prairie dog ...

Prairie dogs and the big picture -- The life of prairie dogs. Interlude: taxonomy and prairie dog taxonomists -- The social behavior of prairie dogs. Interlude: social behavior-trapping prairie dogs - ...

Conservationists are sounding the alarm about the impact of development in Douglas County on wildlife, specifically prairie dogs. While they're often referred to as "pests," the animals play a key ...