Similar to the Uinta ground squirrel and Ural field mouse, the Utah prairie dog is a small mammal that lives in small social groups that burrow underground. Although it is just one of three ...

Wildlife agencies released 10 black-footed ferrets at a site near Seligman, hoping to kickstart the animals' sputtering ...

The case involves the Utah prairie dog (Cynomys parvidens), a species listed as threatened under the ESA. The Utah prairie dog resides only in Utah. In November 2014, Judge Dee Benson of the US ...

Caption Utah prairie dogs engaged in allogrooming. This image relates to a paper that appeared in the March 8, 2013, issue of Science, published by AAAS.The paper, by John Hoogland at University ...

The ruling was in response to a 2015 challenge arguing that because the Utah prairie dog exists solely in Utah, the USFWS cannot regulate the ability of landowners to eliminate the prairie dogs from ...

Near the Nevada-Utah border, he photographed the Utah prairie dog as part of a relocation project in Cedar City, Utah, where the rodents have been popping up in residents’ lawns. In New Mexico ...

Savvy travelers can take advantage of the park's various warm-weather festivals, including GeoFest, Utah Prairie Dog Day and the Astronomy Festival, as well as the year-round ranger-led programs.

There is a $30 fee and the money goes to the Bryce Canyon Resource Department to help protect our park's Utah Prairie Dogs. A short walk from a parking lot can have you overlooking one incredible ...

One of the United States’ four prairie dog species, the Utah prairie dog, is listed as threatened. All three others are considered "at risk" and have been petitioned for listing as threatened or ...