Colorado State University researchers have identified priority areas for the conservation of the black-tailed prairie dog in ...

Potential Landscapes for Conservation of the Black‐Tailed Prairie Dog Ecosystem. Diversity and Distributions , 2025; 31 (1) DOI: 10.1111/ddi.13945 Cite This Page : ...

More information: Ana D. Davidson et al, Potential Landscapes for Conservation of the Black‐Tailed Prairie Dog Ecosystem, Diversity and Distributions (2025). DOI: 10.1111/ddi.13945 Journal ...

The black-tailed prairie dog is an intelligent, sociable rodent that's a keystone species in the prairie ecosystem it calls home. This precocious little mammal is perfectly suited to its environment, ...

The black-tailed prairie dog is an intelligent, sociable rodent that's a keystone species in the prairie ecosystem it calls home. This precocious little mammal is perfectly suited to its environment, ...

These group members even greet one another with a prairie dog kiss or nuzzle. Young pups are very playful and can often been seen romping near their burrows. Black-tailed prairie dogs, the best ...

Coyotes and badgers rely on the prairie dog for food, as depicted with this hunting pair prowling around a black-tailed prairie dog colony. Photo by Noelle Guernsey/Colorado State University ...

In the most comprehensive global analysis of genetic diversity ever undertaken, an international team of scientists has found that the genetic diversity is being lost across the globe but that ...

Groundhog Day is almost here and although we do not have groundhogs in the Treasure State we do have some close relatives like the marmot, ground squirrels and prairie dogs.

Those are the black-tailed prairie dog (which lives in the Great Plains from Mexico to Canada) and the Mexican prairie dog living in the plains of northern Mexico.) Most of the research done on ...

The diminutive prairie dog plays an outsized role in the prairie ecosystem ... home to the world’s largest remaining colony of black-tailed prairie dogs. Earlier this year, plague resurfaced in this ...