Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A biologist leads a team for a prairie dog project to combat fleas with oral medication. Prairie dogs and other rodents have kept ...

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 ...

New Mexico health officials are reminding residents that the plague can spread to people and pets after a wild rat found dead on private property in Santa Fe County has tested positive for the disease ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — The plague has been confirmed in prairie dogs in the Badlands National Park, Buffalo Gap National Grassland, and the greater Conata-Badlands ecosystem, according to the ...

SCENIC, S.D. (AP) -- The prairie dog population in eastern Fall River County has been decimated, and officials believe the plague is responsible. Prairie dog deaths in the area make it less attractive ...

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 ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — The plague has been confirmed in prairie dogs in the Badlands National Park, Buffalo Gap National Grassland, and the greater Conata-Badlands ecosystem, according to the ...