A giant kangaroo rat, rescued and safely released by a permit-holder during a PG&E pipeline excavation project. Giant kangaroo rats are native to dry habitats in CA and adapted to short droughts ...

Bouncing around on their giant hind feet, seed-eating San Bernardino kangaroo rats are highly adapted to southwestern deserts and the natural flood cycles found there. Though these kangaroo rats ...

An intriguing native Australian rat-kangaroo, thought to be probably extinct, may still be running around in the inhospitable remote Sturt Stony Desert -- and researchers have discovered new ...