Editor’s note: This article has been updated to correct the group affiliations of Longmont residents who spoke to the City Council. The Longmont City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to refer a ...

AUSTIN, Oct. 7 -- Several environmental groups filed a lawsuit against a Texas agency today in an effort to halt a state-approved plan to exterminate as many as 50,000 black-tailed prairie dogs living ...

If you ever have walked across a Nebraska prairie and noticed small dirt mounds dotting the landscape, heads popping from burrows and sharp barking, you likely have wandered into a prairie dog town.

Prairie dogs aren’t dogs at all but are actually a species of ground squirrels. They are cousins of the squirrels we find in our backyards. Prairie dogs live in big social groups called prairie dog ...