Santa Fe County commissioners are calling for more protections for prairie dogs as once-rural areas south of the city continue to see new residential development. The commission unanimously passed a ...

Have you ever been drifting off to sleep when suddenly you hear what sounds like a gunshot, a door slamming, or an explosion inside your head? You jolt awake, heart pounding, sit upright in bed, but ...

OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) — Prairie dogs are sweeping down the plains, making the big migration on Friday from Lawton to Oklahoma City! Prairie dogs were moved from Lawton in an effort to help build up the ...

Much anxiety and interest have been buzzing around on social media and local conversations about the possible extermination of native prairie dogs from John Stiff Memorial Park in Amarillo. In one ...

Six years ago, when my wife and I came to Lubbock, I often went to the Carillo Family Recreation Area at the intersection of Baylor Street and Avenue N to enjoy the colorful green park and beautiful ...

Chuck the prairie dog has never met a stranger — from dogs and cats to squirrels and everything in between, he runs up to every animal like he’s making a new best friend. Raised by humans after being ...

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BRUSH PRAIRIE, Wash. — For nearly four decades, Brush Prairie, Washington dog handler Andy Linton has pursued what he calls "the Super Bowl of dog shows," the Westminster Kennel Club best in show ...

Pennsylvania has their Punxsutawney Phil, a groundhog who has forecast weather every February 2 for generations, so it seemed appropriate that West Texas should have a pint-size Prairie Dog Pete to ...

From frozen iguanas falling from the sky to spinning circles of ice on rivers, rare natural events related to the weather remind us that nature doesn't always behave as expected. Whether it's ...

John Seiler was strolling across Virginia Tech’s campus with his students Thursday morning when something stopped them in their tracks: a sweet cherry tree with an unusual jagged scar running along ...

"He smol but he bad," is how employees at the Texas Wildlife Park in Mountain Home, located 17 miles west of Kerrville, describe a young prairie dog going viral on social media for his tiny stature, ...