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A grassland bird eavesdrops on prairie dog calls to keep itself safe from predators
WASHINGTON (AP) — Prairie dogs are the Paul Reveres of the Great Plains: They bark to alert neighbors to the presence of ...
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The Unsettling Reason To Never Skip Flea Meds While Camping With Your Dog In Southwestern America
No one likes for their furry pal to get bitten by fleas, but when camping in the American southwest, it's especially ...
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Gene mutation found in the bacterium behind the Black Death helped plague conquer the world, scientists say
One of the bleakest periods in medieval Europe was the plague pandemic known as the Black Death, which killed at least 25 million people in just five years. But the disease didn’t stop there. The ...
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Why the West Needs Prairie Dogs
To make matters even grimmer, this particular prairie dog had fleas. And those fleas could have been carrying the bacteria that causes plague — the Black Death. “It’s not great,” commented researcher ...
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Plague found in Badlands area prairie dogs, NPS says
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — The plague has been confirmed in prairie dogs in the Badlands National Park, Buffalo Gap National Grassland, and the greater Conata-Badlands ecosystem, according to ...
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Plague found in prairie dogs, NPS says
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — The plague has been confirmed in prairie dogs in the Badlands National Park, Buffalo Gap National Grassland, and the greater Conata-Badlands ecosystem, according to ...