ProRail says that badgers like digging into the steep sides of earthen dikes that carry many Dutch train tracks. That can cause the tracks to subside, endangering trains.

American badgers are an endangered keystone species, meaning the ecosystem is dependent on them, and road kill accounts for ...

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Badgers burrowing under rail tracks have halted trains in the northern and southern Netherlands, forcing lengthy cancellations on at least two lines.

Two badger cubs are seen April 12, 2006, in the Szeged Game Park in Szeged, south of Budapest, Hungary. THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Badgers burrowing under rail tracks have halted trains in the ...

Badgers burrowing under rail tracks have halted trains in the northern and southern Netherlands, forcing lengthy cancellations on at least two lines. Badgers burrow under Dutch train tracks Skip ...