"The social behavior of the prairie dog comes down to two words, cooperation and competition," Hoogland said. In his latest research, published in the journal Science, Hoogland shows that a female ...

This article was originally published with the title “ The Social Behavior of Prairie Dogs ” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 201 No. 4 (October 1959), p. 128 doi:10.1038 ...

Such is the conclusion we've drawn from a new study on prairie dogs' homicidal behavior. Researchers observed the critters for a handful of years and during that time discovered the brutal ...

Prairie dogs have a special system for distinguishing friend from foe. When those rodents meet one another out on the range or at the burrow door, they engage in what animal behavior experts ...

Prairie dogs, those charismatic ... ordinary people to contribute valuable data on colony locations, health, and behavior. Educational programs in schools and communities help foster respect ...

The herbivorous rodents kill off competing ground squirrels—the first such behavior seen in a mammal, a new study says. “For four months every year, we live like prairie dogs,” says ...

That's because prairie dogs are especially vulnerable to the ... he was drawn to the biological mystery because community behavior is known to be linked to the flare-up and spread of pathogens ...

In fact, non-animal alternatives for studying the development of predatory behavior are available and have been used successfully. 3 Prairie dogs are not a throw-away species, nor are any other ...

The Utah Division of Wildlife Resource's new plan allows for the agency to monitor the animals' recovery, but also allows prairie dogs to be removed if their behavior conflicts with the needs of ...