When we included the animal’s smaller size into the analysis, the robust features of the desert rat-kangaroo’s skull were only found to be effective enough to handle eating a softer range of foods,” ...

When we included the animal's smaller size into the analysis, the robust features of the desert rat-kangaroo's skull were only found to be effective enough to handle eating a softer range of foods." ...

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 ...

This led researchers to suggest that it could eat harder desert foods like roots ... In fact, the desert rat-kangaroo was already a Lazarus species after its rediscovery in the 1930s.

When we included the animal’s smaller size into the analysis, the robust features of the desert rat-kangaroo’s skull were only found to be effective enough to handle eating a softer range of ...

This led researchers to suggest that it could eat harder desert foods like roots ... In fact, the desert rat-kangaroo was ...

A tiny marsupial species declared extinct decades ago may still be hopping around in the deserts of Australia — and a new ...

To understand why kangaroos hop -- a rarity among animals -- researchers have studied the musky rat-kangaroo (Hypsiprymnodon moschatus), a diminutive marsupial that weighs only 500 grams but is ...

The San Bernardino kangaroo rat is found in flood-prone areas only in San Bernardino and Riverside counties. The seed-eating animal got its moniker from hopping around on large hind legs much like a ...