Prairie dogs and groundhogs are incredibly similar animals, often so much so that people may think they are different names for the same creature! While that isn’t the case, it’s easy to see how it ...

AMAR — Somewhere between the comforts of a plastic tote outfitted with clean, shredded paper and a bloody quarter of a prairie dog for snacks, and the yawning dark hole he was being tipped into as ...

A ferret is released into a prairie dog burrow at the Southern Plains Land Trust in Lamar, Colo. Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2025 (Colorado Parks and Wildlife, Ryan Jones) LAMAR — Hours after being released ...

There’s been a sighting of one of the rarest animals on the continent ― in a Colorado garage. An endangered black-footed ferret, considered to be the rarest mammal in North America, made a “surprise ...

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 ...

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Binder Park Zoo fans now have a chance to leave their mark on one of the zoo's most popular exhibits. Wednesday, park officials asked the public for help naming 18 black-tailed ...

LONGMONT, Colo. — A Longmont man is fighting to save his animal neighbors as he's about a three minute walk from one of the prairie dog colonies in his town. Jaime Fraina was one of the volunteers who ...

Many animal names mislead, stemming from early observations and comparisons rather than scientific accuracy. Creatures like ...

When plague struck black-tailed prairie dogs in the Thunder Basin National Grassland in Wyoming in 2017, a huge die-off followed. It spelled disaster for the burrowing rodents. But for researchers, it ...

The new arrivals were born around March 20, according to Boston's Franklin Park Zoo, but stayed below ground in their burrows until May Stephanie Wenger is a TV Writer/Reporter at PEOPLE. She joined ...

Chuck the Prairie Dog lives in Palm Beach, Florida, and delights his hundreds of thousands of social media followers by documenting his activities on social media. As a pet prairie dog, he’s part of a ...

A ferret is released into a prairie dog burrow at the Southern Plains Land Trust in Lamar, Colo. Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2025 (Colorado Parks and Wildlife, Ryan Jones) LAMAR — Hours after being released ...