The large hind limbs, bright colors, and long, tapered, white-tipped tail identify the woodland jumping mouse. The 115-160 mm (4.5-6.3 in), sparsely-haired tail, grayish brown above, and white below ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.— The Center for Biological Diversity filed a formal notice today of its intent to sue the U.S. Forest Service and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for failing to protect riparian areas ...

Friday, Wyoming Governor Dave Freudenthal said the mouseis not genetically distinguishable from other mice and therefore not deserving of special protection. Freudenthal cited a study that Wyoming ...

A rare mouse and imperiled owl species, both native to the Sacramento Mountains of southern New Mexico were at the center of a lawsuit filed by conservationists alleging the federal government failed ...

The woodland jumping mouse, as its name indicates, lives in forested areas. It is hard to observe, but is common in the Northeast. If you have a chance to see one up close, perhaps courtesy of a cat, ...

The Center for Biological Diversity contends that the government hasn’t done enough to protect the mouse from cattle grazing. An environmental group plans to make its case in court that the Interior ...

CHEYENNE — The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced Wednesday the removal of the Preble's meadow jumping mouse from protection under the Endangered Species Act in Wyoming. The agency also amended ...

The Pacific Legal Foundation, a conservative public interest law firm based in California, has asked FWS that question by filing a delisting petition to remove the mouse from the “threatened” list of ...

DENVER – Federal officials plan to propose changes to areas in Colorado designated as critical habitat for the Preble’s meadow jumping mouse. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is set to announce the ...

After six years of Endangered Species Act (ESA) regulations and restrictions that have cost builders, local governments, and landowners on the western fringe of the Great Plains as much as $100 ...

Perhaps you’ve caught a glimpse in your headlights of a mouse with a very long tail, leaping across the road at night. Or maybe your cat has deposited a specimen on your doorstep. This is the jumping ...