Welcome to the wild side of cute. If you thought pets were the peak of adorable, get ready to change your mind.From African deserts to Asian mountains and Arctic snowcaps, meet nature’s top-tier ...

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Have you ever found yourself surprised by the quiet intelligence shining from a rat’s bright eyes? These little whiskered ...

The year 2020 should also be the year of the kangaroo (and the koala), as the world watches with pain and anguish the bushfires raging across Australia. These wildfires have not only claimed many ...

Quokka Kangaroo Rat Quokka Kangaroo Rat. Image by Francesco Veronesi, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Despite its name, the quokka kangaroo rat is not a rat or related to the quokka. It’s a small ...

We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), propose designation of critical habitat for the San Bernardino kangaroo rat (Dipodomys merriami parvus) pursuant to the Endangered Species Act of 1973 ...