WINNER, S.D. | As we drove our four wheeler up to the edge of the prairie dog town we could see the little critters everywhere. By the time we unloaded, got set up and ready to shoot, there was nary a ...

Research reveals that some prairie dog alarm calls encode remarkably specific information about humans and other predators.

"Prairie dogs have alarm calls for different species of predators," Slobodchikoff says. "We have identified different calls for humans, domestic dogs, red-tailed hawks, coyotes, cats, badgers, weasels ...