The black-tailed prairie dog has been dropped from the federal endangered species candidate list, a move embraced by farmers and ranchers but which some conservationists decried as a mistake.

Black-tailed prairie dogs were denied protection under the Endangered Species Act on Wednesday after federal officials concluded the once prevalent species shows signs of rebounding. BILLINGS, Mont. - ...

Ensuring a vital population of black-tailed prairie dogs is key to the survival of the federally protected black-footed ferret, which the Fish and Wildlife Service has reintroduced into Wyoming. The ...

Prairie dogs aren’t dogs at all but are actually a species of ground squirrels. They are cousins of the squirrels we find in our backyards. Prairie dogs live in big social groups called prairie dog ...

BILLINGS, Mont. -- Black-tailed prairie dogs have been denied protection under the Endangered Species Act after federal officials said the once-ubiquitous ground squirrels show signs of rebounding ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Longmont officials plan to move a large prairie dog colony from Dry Creek Community Park to the U.S. Army Pueblo Chemical Depot in ...

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 ...

Colorado Parks and Wildlife conservation biologist Ed Schmal uses a spot light to search for black-footed ferrets among the praire dog towns Wednesday night, Oct. 22, 2025, on the Walker Ranch west of ...

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 ...

Badlands National Park officials in South Dakota have confirmed from testing Friday that the plague killed a large group of prairie dogs, which are rodents the size of rabbits. The plague hadn’t been ...

Black-tailed prairie dogs, including North Dakota's estimated population of 200,000, no longer are candidates for listing under the Endangered Species Act. Citing updated census numbers, the U.S. Fish ...