When I headed to Montana to visit the American Prairie, I had bison on my mind. They are the quintessential plains animal and ...

When Quinn Iffert and Ellie Johnson, zookeepers at Roosevelt Park Zoo in Minot, took part in a project to spotlight ...

The black-tailed prairie dog has been dropped from the federal endangered species candidate list, a move embraced by farmers and ranchers but which some conservationists decried as a mistake.

American Prairie is excited to announce the official opening of a new permanent exhibit at the National Discovery Center, ...

A federal court has ruled to vacate the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services addition of the lesser prairie chicken to the list of endangered species. “This is a tremendous victory for Oklahoma farmers, ...

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- Landowners in southwestern South Dakota are asking the state to compensate them for losses caused by black-tailed prairie dogs that moved from federal land onto the ranchers' ...

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 ...