A wide-eyed kangaroo rat sits hunched in darkness among sparse tufts of desert plant life. But the diminutive rodent isn't alone in the Arizona desert. Just inches away, a deadly sidewinder ...

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 details ...

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A giant kangaroo rat, rescued and safely released by a permit-holder during a PG&E pipeline excavation project. Giant kangaroo rats are native to dry habitats in CA and adapted to short droughts, ...

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The desert bettong, or ngudlukanta, has been listed as extinct since 1994. Photos taken by Hedley Herbert Finlayson who ‘rediscovered’ the ngudlukanta in the 1930s. An intriguing native Australian rat ...

Two environmental conservation groups have reached an agreement with three Southern California counties and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers that will establish 400 acres of habitat along the Santa ...

The desert rat-kangaroo (Caloprymnus campestris), a small, hopping marsupial believed to be extinct since 1994, may still be hiding in the vast and harsh Sturt Stony Desert of Australia. A recent ...