All pets love getting new toys and cozy things that are just for them, especially something to lounge on, like a new bed. Kyra Richter's pet prairie dog, Potato, recently got one, and when he decided ...

Prairie dogs are a keystone species that provides disturbance in North American grasslands through grazing, burrowing, and clipping. This behavior shapes the habitat of countless prairie residents, ...

Are prairie dogs pests or ecosystem engineers? It all depends on your point of view Andrew Dreelin & Andy Boyce Varmint, gopher, keystone species, ecosystem engineer. What prairie dogs are to you ...

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 ...

Can animals talk? Once the answer would have been a simple no: although animals may communicate by issuing a bark, shriek, or moo, those vocalizations--to use the animal behaviorists’ careful ...