Prairie dogs are dying in northern Arizona, and officials are concerned the cause could be the plague. Coconino County Health and Human Services recently received a report of a prairie dog die-off on ...

Small rodents and fleas have long been associated with outbreaks of plague among prairie dogs, but new research from a University of Colorado team has found no significant link between the local ...

One person in Flagstaff died from pneumonic plague, the first recorded death in Coconino County since 2007. Health officials emphasize that plague is very rare and treatable with antibiotics, unlike ...

The sudden death of a Northern Arizona resident due to the pneumonic plague- a diseases that is the known cause of the century old health crisis bubonic plague, has raised alarm among the locals and ...

Chuck the Prairie Dog lives in Palm Beach, Florida, and delights his hundreds of thousands of social media followers by documenting his activities on social media. As a pet prairie dog, he’s part of a ...

While it definitely isn't a good idea to touch a wild animal in the first place, how likely is it that you will get a deadly ...

COAL VALLEY, Ill. (KWQC) -Niabi Zoo continues its Conservation Speaker Series on Saturday, April 20 from 10:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. at the Discovery Center featuring Dr. Travis Livieri, set to present ...

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 ...

Jessica Miller and Analog the Prairie Dog get lost in each other’s arms at the Thinc Iowa opening party. The more we’ve perused photos from Thinc Iowa 2012 the past couple of weeks, the more one thing ...

Cousin to squirrels – not canines – prairie dogs dig vast underground burrows that can cover hundreds of acres. The prairie dog barks. It also growls, and chatters. And if it spots danger – a ...