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 ...

Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in zoology from the University of Reading and a master’s in wildlife documentary production from the University of Salford. Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in ...

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 ...

A jaw-dropping new video shows a fuzzy little mouse as a fearsome fighter, attacking and killing a venomous scorpion in slow motion. The new mouse-scorpion video, released on YouTube by Michigan State ...

The little creatures crawl over the big screen. Sometimes, they’re fun to watch and sometimes, their lives are fraught with peril. “Tiny Giants 3D” is a version of “Hidden Kingdoms,” a BBC series.

Lauren Koenig receives funding from the National Science Foundation. It’s hard to appreciate the value of pain when we feel it, but most living things would not survive without it. Pain is a signal ...