RESEARCH
The Prairie Dog Project
Research by John Hoogland | Since 1974
RESEARCH
A former squaddie filmed and produced this excellent short documentary of John’s white-tailed prairie dog research in the Arapaho National Wildlife Refuge, Colorado. ©Erica van Manen 2011
A video by Squaddie Marlin Dart showing the trapping and handling process on the prairie dog project. ©Marlin Dart 2017
Every spring we perform ultrasounds on pregnant females to try to get an accurate count of fetuses in her womb. We compare fetus counts to final counts when litters emerge in the summer. ©Marlin Dart 2017
A compilation of video clips recorded directly on our ultrasound machine. ©MRR 2017
We use stuffed predators to study alarm call behaviors in prairie dogs, pulling the predators through key areas in the colony after juveniles have emerged for the first time each summer. ©John Hoogland + MRR 2016