Research reveals that some prairie dog alarm calls encode remarkably specific information about humans and other predators.

"In a lab, we showed some prairie dogs the same human wearing the same clothes, and we showed them the same dog," Slobodchikoff says. "Not surprisingly, all of them had words for human and dog. But ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Prairie dogs are the Paul Reveres of the Great Plains: They bark to alert neighbors to the presence of predators, with separate calls for dangers coming by land or by air. “Prairie ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Longmont City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to refer a citizen-initiated revision of the city’s prairie dog code to staff ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Kyra Richter has a unique pet: a prairie dog named Potato. She shares videos of his daily antics on her social media channels, and ...

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 ...

Wild black-tailed prairie dogs use alarm calls to warn one another of predators, and some grassland birds are listening in. Photo credit: Andrew Dreelin, Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation ...

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The Longmont City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to refer a citizen-initiated revision of the city’s prairie dog code to staff for formal review. The action advances all proposed changes regarding ...