TUCSON (CN) - Uncle Sam refuses to protect the New Mexico meadow jumping mouse, a tiny desert rodent with big feet (1.2 inches) that help it swim and thrive in the Southwest's rare streamside ...

The meadow jumping mouse has hind legs much longer than the front legs and a tapered tail that is nearly twice as long as the combined length of the head and body. The coarse fur is yellowish brown ...

Next time you take a hike in the San Juan National Forest, be careful where you put your feet. The New Mexico meadow jumping mouse is being added to the Endangered Species Act list. And apparently, ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... A first-of-its-kind venture in Colorado is bringing public and private entities together to sustain a tiny mouse whose habitat has shrunk as development, ...

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 ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is proposing to designate approximately 418 miles of rivers and streams and 39,142 acres of adjacent habitat for the Preble’s meadow jumping mouse in Colorado where ...

ALBUQUERQUE — Environmentalists have accused U.S. land managers of failing to keep livestock and wild horses out of streams and other wetlands in Arizona’s White Mountains, resulting in damage to ...

A first-of-its-kind venture in Colorado is bringing public and private entities together to sustain a tiny mouse whose habitat has shrunk as development, livestock grazing and mining have increased ...