Seeds, fruits, subterranean fungi (Endogene spp.) and small terrestrial invertebrates are the foods of the meadow jumping mouse. Animal foods predominate in the spring and early summer diets until ...

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 ...

Livestock grazing is the main threat to New Mexico meadow jumping mice. Even just a few grazing animals can obliterate sensitive streamside habitat through loss of vegetation, alteration of the ...

The woodland jumping mouse (Napaeozapus insignis) inhabits the northeastern U. S. and southeastern Canada as far west as Manitoba and as far south as northern Georgia. It's large, often eight to ...

For pet and lab mice, running wheels are a common feature, often used to encourage exercise. However, some scientists have argued that mice only run on these wheels because they live in cages and that ...

We discovered a runted 10-week-old juvenile male mouse in our animal research facility at the Children's Cancer Research Institute in San Antonio, TX. For breeding purposes, we classified the ...