They also feature listening posts near exits, so animals can safely keep tabs on the movements of predators outside. Prairie dogs spend a lot of time building and rebuilding these dwellings.

Populations need viable prairie dog towns to survive, but they also face threats from predators such as golden eagles, owls, and coyotes. Reintroduced animals lack some survival skills so their ...

with a Prairie Safari at Overland Trail Museum. The 12 participants in the program spent the morning scouring the museum in search of insects and any other animals they could find. The class ...

We’ve come here for the flowers. Five adults and a small child — all prairie-dwellers, all happy to be out of the car and moving through knee-high grasses. Blossoms of yarrow, bergamot ...

the agency merely added the animals to the “candidate list.” Finally, thanks to the Center's 2011 landmark agreement on 757 species, the Service officially protected lesser prairie chickens as ...