Researchers have finally found a tiny animal they’d been seeking for years in a California nature preserve. The Santa Cruz kangaroo rat has been documented at Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park in ...

With super long tails, bulging eyes and big hind feet, kangaroo rats are accomplished jumpers, leaping like the much larger kangaroo. ... A kangaroo rat hadn’t been seen in that area since 1940.

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The animal in question — a Santa Cruz kangaroo rat — hadn’t been seen in the area in more than 75 years, and was listed by the California Department of Fish and Wildlife as a “critically ...

As developers lobby the Trump administration for endangered species relief, California is moving to backstop wildlife threatened by federal rollbacks, including the San Bernardino kangaroo rat.

The first giant kangaroo rat I saw was fluffy and round, with cartoonishly large eyes. It looked like something that might be big in Japan. It was also long dead—stuffed, mounted, and stuck ...

Aurimys is reportedly the largest known species of kangaroo rat. Modern species can get as big as 12 inches long, but Aurimys appear to have been one-third larger.

The ranch manager said I could park the camp trailer anywhere and plug in the power cord as long as we didn't block the door of the big shed. After ...

In October 2008, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service eliminated thousands of acres of critical habitat where the pocket-sized kangaroo rat currently lives, prompting the litigation. “Slashing over ...

With super long tails, bulging eyes and big hind feet, kangaroo rats are accomplished jumpers, leaping like the much larger kangaroo. ... A kangaroo rat hadn’t been seen in that area since 1940.