The City of Lawton is laying poison bait for prairie dogs in hopes of curbing their population in Elmer Thomas Park.

Even as the black-tailed prairie dog is being considered for Endangered Species Act protection by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Environmental Protection Agency is considering approving a ...

Despite their important role, populations of the five prairie dog species have declined by around 95 percent—with two listed under the Endangered Species Act—due to a variety of threats, including ...

Ferrets are members of the mustelid family, which includes otters, weasels and skunks. Black-footed ferrets evolved to prey on prairie dogs and nearly went extinct in part because of a federal program ...

poison, and plague were all factors in the black-footed ferret nearly becoming extinct. The animals are predators that primarily feed on prairie dogs. According to CPW, prairie dogs are close to ...