Rodents are usually stereotyped as furtive, gnawing, crop and foodstuff spoiling, small mammals with few redeeming qualities, and I would wager, if asked to describe a mouse, many people’s model would ...

Why it's awesome: The southern grasshopper mouse is a carnivore that's largely immune to scorpion venom, and howls at the moon before it kills like a tiny wolf. This mouse species is an extremely ...

I didn’t believe it until I actually heard it. There is an unusual mouse who literally howls at the Moon before killing its prey. Called the grasshopper mouse, it’s a rare carnivorous mouse who eats ...

The grasshopper mouse, a nocturnal creature that lives in abandoned burrows, is rarely found in Kansas, officials said. Photo from Diedre Kramer/KDWP A bloodthirsty, cannibalistic creature has been ...

Holy cow! The grasshopper mouse is like the mongoose of the Southwest! Now, I may have only lived in Arizona for less than a year, but I know that I have to beware of scorpions and other beasties both ...

Of all the mammals in the world, humans by far have the strangest diets. As omnivores, we have the most variety of any other ...