A mouse scurries up to six chestnuts. Three look healthy. Three have exit holes where moth larvae ate the insides before they ...

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 ...

The humble rodent “thumb” may not seem like an obvious window into evolution, but its keratinized tip – the unguis (hoof, claw, or nail) – turns out to reveal striking insights into rodent history and ...

The wonderful world of tennis is helping nature’s tiniest mammals survive. Each year, following Wimbledon, thousands of used tennis balls are donated to UK Wildlife Trust. Volunteers at the ...