One of Balunek’s most recent videos, which she shared Friday, shows the two critters hunting prairie dogs together at a rock pile in northeastern Colorado. The coyote stands guard at the rock pile, ...

While the dogs were bred for badger hunting, they generally aren‘t good at distance running, jumping, or swimming for long periods. With this in mind, you would assume they wouldn’t last very long in ...

The coyote is adept at chasing, while a badger can easily dig underground should its prey head into a burrow. Coyotes and badgers tend to work in tandem to hunt prairie dogs and ground squirrels.