We often assume that bigger is better, but nature constantly proves this wrong. The world’s smallest mammals are miniature marvels, many weighing less than a paperclip and capable of fitting right in ...

Small rodents are increasingly seeking shelter in human structures to escape dropping temperatures. Practical, health-forward ...

By María de los Ángeles Orfila Under cover of night, a black-footed cat moves almost invisibly through the grasses of southern Namibia, hunting small rodents, birds and insects. Barely a third the ...

If you were to encounter the northern pygmy mouse in the wild, you might not think twice about it. However, this little creature is unique — it's the smallest rodent in the world, according to ...

A recent study led by researcher Harold Brindley, from the Institute for Communities and Wildlife in Africa at the University ...

Imagine an animal that seems to be assembled from various other creatures: it has large eyes, the round body of a rabbit, a rodent’s pointed snout, tiny pig-like hooves, and even fangs like those of a ...

ROSEVILLE -- Rodents are wreaking havoc in Roseville parks, but Placer County officials have found a creative way to give nature a chance to fight back. Josh Huntsinger says the vole population has ...

The Tarras Valley Nature Reserve said that woven grass nests, believed to have been made by tiny harvest mice, had been found ...

Small mammals are early warning systems for environmental damage, but many species look almost identical, making them hard to track. Scientists have developed a new footprint-based method that can ...

How easy it will be for Burmese pythons to travel to and take hold in North Carolina? Ten years ago, Mike Cove (NC Museum of Natural Sciences) discovered Burmese Pythons were behind the decline of the ...