When the Key Largo cotton mouse and woodrat were placed on the Endangered Species List in 1984, federal scientists named several factors that were imperiling the rodents’ existence. Most serious was ...

I arrive at the Crocodile Lake National Wildlife Refuge in the pulverizing rain, after buying the last umbrella at the first gas station in Key Largo. It’s not a great day to comb the Florida woods ...

The unfortunately named Allegheny woodrat, a fascinating rodent, one of the most threatened animals in Pennsylvania and the focus of a new rescue effort, once thrived in Lancaster County. At first ...