Research reveals that some prairie dog alarm calls encode remarkably specific information about humans and other predators.
Prairie dogs play an important role in nutrient cycling, adding to their list of beneficial services as ecosystem engineers. Earth is made of cycles. If you think back to high school Earth science ...
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WASHINGTON — Prairie dogs are the Paul Reveres of the Great Plains: They bark to alert neighbors to the presence of predators, with separate calls for dangers coming by land or by air. “Prairie dogs ...
"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 ...
When I headed to Montana to visit the American Prairie, I had bison on my mind. They are the quintessential plains animal and North America’s largest land mammal. But what I didn’t expect was for a ...
When I headed to Montana to visit the American Prairie, I had bison on my mind. They are the quintessential plains animal and North America’s largest land mammal. But what I didn’t expect was for a ...
News of dead prairie dogs found in traps by Santa Fe Place mall is a really big issue, bigger than most might think. These incidents are regrettable reflections of general human attitudes and conduct ...
Kyra Richter has a unique pet: a prairie dog named Potato. She shares videos of his daily antics on her social media channels, and in this one, he's hard at work after finding new materials to add to ...