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 ...

That common name isn’t for nothing: New Mexico meadow jumping mice are amazing jumpers. Pushing off their big hind feet while keeping balance with their long tails, they can leap as far as 3 feet.

ALBUQUERQUE — Biologists who spent weeks in three New Mexico national forests searching for signs of an elusive, endangered mouse that looks somewhat like a tiny kangaroo have found what they call ...

“Long, long ago, there was a mouse”—a mouse with a dream—newcomer Schroe begins, illustrating her retelling of what she calls an “old Native American tale” (provenance unspecified) with her engaging ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.— As part of an agreement with the Center for Biological Diversity and other conservation groups, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service finalized protection today for the New Mexico ...

DENVER — The 10th Circuit upheld the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s critical habitat designation for the New Mexico meadow jumping mouse, finding that the agency properly considered impacts on ...

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 ...