The Nevada Department of Transportation has received a $16.8 million grant to protect the Mojave Desert tortoise and improve ...

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Belmont County Sheriff’s Department Lt. Thomas DeVaul urges the public not to fear coyotes despite the fact that they are ...

Woodrats (Neotoma spp.) are one of the only animals that can tolerate large quantities of creosote, a shrub with leaves ...

Researchers at Oxford University have managed to document the unusual feeding behavior, unique among carnivorous animals, of ...

My valiant efforts to save my veggies from the inquisitive paws of some friendly critters was a flop—so the garden is now ...

The pea-sized snail was believed to have gone extinct after no sightings were recorded for more than a century ...

Dune: Awakening has entered beta testing, and we get a first glimpse of the deadly traps awaiting players. Testers report ...

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House mice prefer grains and seeds ... As you might expect, the cactus mouse (Peromyscus eremicus) lives in the desert, from the southwestern U.S. to northern Mexico. Adults grow between six ...

The time for Ever’s metamorphosis has arrived, and she learns the secrets of species that have long been extinct.

“They’re one of the hardest-working animals out there, I guess ... their trout impacts and potential to reverse stream ...