It's the classic predator-prey matchup. A stealthy rattlesnake, patiently waiting for the right moment to strike a seemingly unsuspecting and vulnerable kangaroo rat. But high-speed video from ...

The beat was subtle and steady, about 10 to 20 rapid drums for up to 20 seconds. Giant kangaroo rats (GKR) — Dipodomys ingens— were communicating with each other by drumming their long, narrow feet on ...

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 ...