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, ...

These charismatic, rabbit-size rodents live on North America's prairies and open grasslands in only a fraction of their former numbers. Prairie dogs live in underground burrows, extensive warrens ...

By comparing the faithful rodents with their promiscuous doppelgängers, Young and his colleagues hope to reveal the neural circuits behind the prairie vole’s monogamous tendencies.

Though black-footed ferrets sometimes eat squirrels, mice, and other rodents, prairie dogs are essential to their survival, making up the majority of the ferret diet. These voracious predators ...

Decades of research on the monogamous rodents have led to a better understanding of the so-called love molecule oxytocin, a hormone that studies have suggested is crucial for forming social bonds in ...

from the hairless tails of rats that are often longer than their bodies, to the short black-tipped tails of prairie dogs.