These adorable Pacific Northwest marmots need Endangered Species Act protections because not even the mighty Olympic ...

The enormous subalpine woolly rat, seemingly lost for decades, was recently rediscovered high in the mountains of Papua New ...

New videos reveal the surprising dynamics of bat-rat relationships—and suggest how human activity is fueling these interspecies conflicts.

Its rediscovery didn’t come easily. Vejmělka’s team trekked up Mount Wilhelm, Papua New Guinea’s highest peak, at around ...

In a recent study, scientists from the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences (VMBS) have utilized ...

WASHINGTON — It has the face of a rat and the tail of a skinny squirrel — and scientists say this creature discovered living in central Laos is pretty special: It's a species believed to have been ...

A global study published in Science Advances and co-led by Appalachian State University’s Dr. Zach Farris shows that vast ...

Two species of tiny rodents have lived undetected in Australia for millions of years — until now. The species were discovered when researchers took a closer look at delicate mice, the continent’s ...