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

Scientists have been curious about how kangaroos evolved to hop with such efficiency. To investigate that, researchers turned to a sort of evolutionary second-cousin of the kangaroo, the musky rat ...

Although declared extinct in 1994, people claim to have seen desert rat-kangaroos since, and analysis of their museum jawbones could assist the search to find them.

An intriguing native Australian rat-kangaroo, thought to be probably extinct, may still be running around in the inhospitable remote Sturt Stony Desert -- and researchers have discovered new ...

Homeowners sometimes confuse pack rats with kangaroo rats, which are a type of rat that you would normally have in your front yard or backyard; these rats usually make little dirt piles and small ...

Australia's most endangered marsupial and rarest marsupial in the world, the Gilbert's potoroo, is back thanks to 30 years of conservation efforts.

The endangered San Bernardino kangaroo rat will have new protections aimed at recreating its habitat under a new settlement.

Agreement calls for 400-acre habitat to protect imperiled Santa Ana sucker fish, kangaroo rat 'Finally, there’s good news for … unique and imperiled species struggling because of habitat loss ...

Texas kangaroo rat species is closer to being named an endangered species The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service first identified the unique rodent as needing protection more than 40 years ago.

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 ...