but also for the wide variety of animals that depend on them as a critical food source, including eagles, hawks, falcons, badgers, coyotes, snakes and ferrets. Even as the black-tailed prairie dog is ...

While they may look similar and even related, there are a few key differences that can help us understand how a prairie dog and a groundhog are actually different. Let’s explore those differences!

inhabit burrows and cooperate to share food, chase off other prairie dogs, and groom one another. These group members even greet one another with a prairie dog kiss or nuzzle. Young pups are very ...

DESCRIPTION: The black-tailed prairie dog is a daytime-active, medium-sized rodent, ranging in length from 12 to 15 inches, including a three- to four-inch tail. Its weight ranges from 1.5 to three ...

In a victory for environmental groups, a divided three-judge panel of the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ordered a redo of plans for prairie dog control on the 553,000-acre Thunder Basin ...

A clone of the endangered black-footed ferret named Antonia has successfully given birth, marking a significant milestone in ...

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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 ...

The black-tailed prairie dog population in Thunder Basin however makes the grassland ideal for black-footed ferret recovery, since the weasel depends on the rodent for food and shelter. Over the ...

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