In the light of a round, bright moon, under a yellow-flowered bush, a young rattlesnake was no doubt enjoying its late-night snack of endangered rat until the biologists came near. “I think it’s ...

There is a tiny karate-kicking rat that roams eastern Montana and much of the dry areas in the West. The kangaroo rat measures only about 10 inches long. Half of that length is its tail. The ...

Dirt might finally start moving at the site of Highland’s Greenspot Village and Marketplace by the 210 Freeway. More than a decade ago, developers envisioned the area along Greenspot Road, dubbed the ...

Identifying high-quality habitat (i.e., areas with resources and conditions suitable to support long-term species persistence) is a priority for conservation, but estimating habitat quality is ...