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 ...

Even though prairie dogs are a keystone species across the West with shrinking population numbers, they are as-yet not federally protected.

This animal's long slender body, like that of a weasel, enables it to crawl in and out of the holes and dwellings of its primary prey—the prairie dog. Though black-footed ferrets sometimes eat ...

a devoted group working to protect and restore the cute, if not cuddly, critters that rely on prairie dog colonies to survive. Thanks to the development of a special ferret-sized tracking collar ...