North of border, prairie dogs less affected by plague
A plague that has had large-scale effects on prairie dog populations in the United States impacts black-tailed prairie dogs in Canadian less, but it remains a ...
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WSB: To count prairie dogs, transmit or dye?
As wildlife managers work to translocate prairie dogs, they don’t always have the right tools to track how successful their efforts are. Researchers in Colorado ...
Imperiled mountain plovers use prairie dog colony edges
In Wyoming’s Thunder Basin National Grassland, imperiled mountain plovers choose nesting habitats on the edges of black-tailed prairie dog colonies, researchers ...
Giant motorcycle rally affects wildlife in national park
The sounds of revving engines and accelerating choppers during South Dakota’s famous Sturgis Motorcycle Rally changes the activity of several wildlife species in ...
Refuge’s ferrets wiped out after plague strikes prairie dogs
Biologists say a sylvatic plague outbreak that decimated prairie dogs in Montana’s UL Bend National Wildlife Refuge has nearly eliminated the refuge’s ...