The HOA voted to wait until March 1 to kill the animals, but activists say that's not enough time to move them.

Family groups (a male ... These group members even greet one another with a prairie dog kiss or nuzzle. Young pups are very playful and can often been seen romping near their burrows.

Coyotes and badgers rely on the prairie dog for food, as depicted with this hunting pair prowling around a black-tailed prairie dog colony. Photo by Noelle Guernsey/Colorado State University ...

Prairie dogs live in big social groups called prairie dog towns across the dry grasslands ... they form smaller family groups called coteries. The families are made of one male, several females ...

DESCRIPTION: The black-tailed prairie dog is a daytime-active, medium-sized rodent, ranging in length from 12 to 15 inches, including a three- to four-inch tail. Its weight ranges from 1.5 to three ...

Prairie dogs' sociable nature allows them to form close-knit family groups and work cooperatively to warn of danger through a variety of barks. It's these calls that earned the prairie dog its name — ...

LONGMONT, Colo. — A Longmont man is fighting to save his animal neighbors as he's about a three minute walk from one of the prairie dog colonies in his town. Jaime Fraina was one of the ...

A Longmont HOA has voted to relocate a prairie dog colony living in a community open space, but only until March 1. After that, any remaining prairie dogs will be exterminated, according to a neighbor ...

Colorado State University researchers have identified priority areas for conserving the black-tailed prairie dog in the ...

Groundhog Day is almost here and although we do not have groundhogs in the Treasure State we do have some close relatives like the marmot, ground squirrels and prairie dogs.

the cute prairie dog seemed to understand and stretched out its hand to shake hands with her. Saquon Barkley and family react to Eagles sitting him with chance to break NFL rushing record ...