The large hind limbs, bright colors, and long, tapered, white-tipped tail identify the woodland jumping mouse. The 115-160 mm (4.5-6.3 in), sparsely-haired tail, grayish brown above, and white below ...

Jumping mice will hibernate in the lab even when it s not cold, he said. Woodland jumping mice sometimes hibernate in pairs, curled up in tight balls in burrows, long tails coiled around their bodies.

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.— The Center for Biological Diversity filed a formal notice today of its intent to sue the U.S. Forest Service and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for failing to protect riparian areas ...

Friday, Wyoming Governor Dave Freudenthal said the mouseis not genetically distinguishable from other mice and therefore not deserving of special protection. Freudenthal cited a study that Wyoming ...

The Center for Biological Diversity contends that the government hasn’t done enough to protect the mouse from cattle grazing. An environmental group plans to make its case in court that the Interior ...

Could these jumping mice change how astronauts workout? According to researchers in the U.S. - leaping rodents may hold the key to minimizing health risks while astronauts are on long voyages - like ...

Perhaps you’ve caught a glimpse in your headlights of a mouse with a very long tail, leaping across the road at night. Or maybe your cat has deposited a specimen on your doorstep. This is the jumping ...