Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Oligoryzomys longicaudatus (Bennett, 1832). Although U.S. officials stress that the risk to the public is low at this time, the ...

AGAWAM, Mass. (WWLP) – Small rodents are increasingly seeking shelter in human structures to escape dropping temperatures. According to pest experts, mice can fit through openings as small as six ...

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 size of a domestic cat, its tawny ...

We probably all know someone who lives a solitary life. But not everyone realises that there are solitary individuals in the animal kingdom, too. Examples of solitary species are some shrews, and ...

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 ...

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 ...