ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - Prairie dogs, those little pups popping in and out of holes on vacant lots and rural rangeland, are talking up a storm. They have different "words" for tall human in yellow ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American Prairie dogs have the most sophisticated ...

Deep in the Arizona desert, one man has been deciphering the chatter between rodents, hoping to prove that communication among highly social... If you learn a second language, there's usually a moment ...

Tom Sharpe Prairie dogs have a sophisticated language — more than that of whales, dolphins or monkeys — with about 100 sounds that, for example, warn of threats posed by different predators. An ...