Sentences with phrase «on prairie dogs»

The endangered black - footed ferret, which preys nearly exclusively on prairie dogs, is struggling to recover as a species due primarily to the plague - related loss of their favorite food source.

Parasites may be seen in and on prairie dogs.

Black - footed Ferret The most endangered mammal in North America, Black - footed Ferrets were thought to have gone extinct forty years ago — collateral damage of the war on prairie dogs by high - plains ranchers and farmers.

Black - footed ferrets depend on prairie dogs as a source of food, but both species are being decimated by disease.

(The Ferrets live solely on prairie dogs.)

It relies on the prairie dog for food as well as shelter, taking prairie dog burrows as homes.

Not exact matches

The black - footed ferret, never common, is about to flicker out and die as a species, victim of the poisons that are also wiping out the prairie dogs on which the ferret dines.

SPECIAL DELIVERY Normally, plague vaccine baits might be delivered on foot — dropped by hand in the vicinity of prairie dog colonies.

The ferrets survive on a diet of mostly prairie dogs and had nearly gone extinct in the 1970s due to centuries of habitat loss, prey declines and plague.

On the opposite side of the globe from Bale, on North America's Great Plains, Rocke's lab is testing an oral vaccine to protect prairie dogs and endangered ferrets from plaguOn the opposite side of the globe from Bale, on North America's Great Plains, Rocke's lab is testing an oral vaccine to protect prairie dogs and endangered ferrets from plaguon North America's Great Plains, Rocke's lab is testing an oral vaccine to protect prairie dogs and endangered ferrets from plague.

If I had studied only Gunnison's prairie dogs, on the other hand, I would have concluded that both costs and benefits of polyandry dramatically affect female survivorship and female reproductive success,» says Hoogland.

Today it is a national wildlife refuge, home to bald eagles that feast on its prodigious prairie dog population.

They mostly feed on small mammals called prairie dogs.

The same method might be used for the black - tailed prairie dog — removed from the endangered species list but still declining on the Great Plains and often infected by fleas with plague bacteria, Knutie says.

Scientists have argued that protecting the habitat of key species — such as large carnivores that need expanses of land, or organisms such as prairie dogs on which many others depend — would shelter additional species, thus offering a bigger bang for the conservation buck.

As was widely reported on social media, the U.S. is indeed going to use aerial drones to spread vaccine - laced pellets among prairie dogs to save endangered ferrets, although, contrary to some reports, no M&M s will be involved.

MarketWatch: There's just plain old «prairie dogging» on other dating sites where members just constantly troll other people's profiles.

What can our beloved old dogs or cats, the wolf on the prairie or the birds in our backyards teach us about ourselves?

Mitchell spent her childhood on a military base on the prairies and now makes her home in Nova Scotia on the east coast of Canada, with her husband, Alan, and their dog, Annie.

Frustration over the program's persistent lack of transparency about the methods it uses to kill millions of animals each year, including coyotes, bobcats, otters, foxes, prairie dogs and black bears (and countless non-target animals) is growing and media attention, including a recent in - depth opinion piece in The New York Times, has begun to shine light on this federal program's shadowy activities with a call for reform.

Farmers and hunters in the United States relied on it to track deer and capture prairie dogs.

Obesity is easily prevented and somewhat difficult to treat as prairie dogs often become «hooked» on the diet which predisposed them to obesity.

Put my rescue pibble on TOTW high prairie after reading up on the truth about most commercial dog foods (he is my first dog and i didn't realize how pathetic some of the major brands are in the ingredients department).

Zoonosis (e.g. the spread of monkeypox through prairie dogs) and the propagation of non-native species in certain ecosystems (e.g. Burmese pythons in the Everglades) are two more issues that Wyatt says have been used to get anti-pet legislation on government dockets.

ADLA volunteers have helped Arizona Game & Fish Department biologists on the successful project to reintroduce black - tailed prairie dogs to Southern Arizona after being extirpated 50 years ago.

Move on to the Rolling Plains city's impressive outdoor education spots such as the River Bend Nature Center and a park with a designated prairie dog town.

Referencing prairie dogs and Mussolini, yesterday New Museum chief curator Richard Flood wound up his talk at the Portland Art Museum on «Creating Networks: The New Internationalism» with some bracing criticism of his own directed at online critique of his institution.

The influence of Gunnison's prairie dog (Cynomys gunnisoni Sciuridae) on the spatial structure of a high desert grassland landscape.

Effects of food resources on the social system of Gunnison's prairie dogs.

Ecological and demographic effects on intraspecific variation in the social system of prairie dogs.

«Prairie dogging» (speaking realistically about climate science) is about as big a career ender as it is on the prairie.

They defy the norms of more owly owls by hunting on the ground by daylight, and of course, the burrowing part — they live underground, often times in borrowed burrows previously occupied by prairie dogs.

According to Dr. Con Slobodchikoff, who turned his vocalization analysis on the Gunnison's prairie dog of Arizona and New Mexico, the chirps these animals use as «alert calls» are actually word - like packages of information to share with the rest of the colony.

You might not think it to look at them, but prairie dogs and humans actually share an important commonality — and it's not just their complex social structures, or their habit of standing up on two feet (aww, like people).

WildEarth Guardians has released a report grading states and federal agencies on their support of the cute critters and what they're doing to help keep the populations from shrinking further.Taking into consideration factors like habitat preservation, plague monitoring and conservation plans, the report card showed most states sitting below a B, with only Arizona and the National Park Service actually scoring a B. With all species declining and nearing threatened and endangered status, and the Mexican prairie dog currently listed as endangered, protection of this important animal is important.

The Burrowing Owl is already a species of conservation concern because modern agricultural practices have removed the prairie dogs and ground squirrels that it depends on to provide nesting burrows.

I was planning on taking the opportunity to post a few of my favorites but they've scattered like prairie dogs.