With so much other charismatic wildlife in Colorado, from bald eagles to wolves, and the inevitability of growth in Front Range cities, we set out in another installation of our Weekly Why column to ...

Prairie dogs tend to be celebrated for their larger ecological virtues. In the grasslands across the central and western United States, their intricate underground colonies—called prairie dog ...

This animal's long slender body, like that of a weasel, enables it to crawl in and out of the holes and dwellings of its primary prey—the prairie dog. Though black-footed ferrets sometimes eat ...