When an epidemic of plague struck prairie dogs within South Dakota’s greater Conata-Badlands ecosystem last spring, U.S. Fish ...

A dedicated team of workers is helping save the black-footed ferret. Now, President Trump is firing some of them. Experts worry it will hurt the species the most.

The first clone of a black-footed ferret, Elizabeth Anne, was an important step in addressing the endangered species’ ...

Coloradan Tina Jackson's one-year probationary period as a federal employee was set to end on March 10. But three weeks ago, ...

Jackson knows just about everything about black-footed ferrets. "They're a really important little creature in that they depend on prairie dogs. They live in prairie dog burrows and eat mostly ...

Prairie dogs play a key role in grassland ecosystems but encounter many threats. These cute 18-inch tall tan rodents live in small pockets of habitat across 10 western U.S. states: Colorado, Kansas, ...

The City of Colorado Springs passed the annexation of the land between the City of Fountain and the Fort Carson Army Post to ...

Staffing cuts at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, including a key ferret recovery coordinator in Colorado, have sparked ...