In August, the San Juan Basin Health Department confirmed that a burrow of prairie dogs ridden with plague-positive fleas was responsible for infecting a La Plata County woman with bubonic plague. The ...
Grief and mourning are more widespread among nonhuman animals (animals) than previously thought (please also see). Today, while riding my bike north of Boulder, I observed an interaction between an ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Prairie dogs are dying in northern Arizona, and officials are concerned the cause could be the plague. Coconino County Health and ...
"Prairie dogs have alarm calls for different species of predators," Slobodchikoff says. "We have identified different calls for humans, domestic dogs, red-tailed hawks, coyotes, cats, badgers, weasels ...
It’s that time of year again. It’s almost time to start feeding the Gunnison’s prairie dogs in Santa Fe. Between October and April, you may not see the Gunnison’s prairie dogs, but they are quietly ...
Prairie dog image. Photo by Joerg Hartmann via Pexels. Prairie dogs are easy to underestimate because their alarm calls sound, to human ears, like small sharp barks. One animal sees danger, calls, and ...
CEDAR CITY, Utah — Spring has sprung, and for many Utahns, that means enjoying the warmer temperatures and getting those gardens ready for planting. But for the Division of Wildlife Resources, spring ...