Basic ecology uses simple diagrams to illustrate how biomass is distributed in ecosystems. These “ecological pyramids” lump all primary producers (plants) at the base of the pyramid. The second level ...

The house mouse (Mus musculus) is a far more familiar creature, which most of us know as a kitchen pest. It is also one of ...

He went on to say that “White-footed mice are found in deciduous, mixed, and coniferous woodlands in much of the eastern ...

The endangered Pacific pocket mouse has been the subject of a 12-year breeding and reintroduction project to help save the species. Photo: Ken Bohn San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance The San Diego Zoo ...

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Scientists caught a long-tailed mammal with a “facial mask” in a trap at a Peru national park and discovered a new species, a study said. Photo from Pedro Peloso, shared by Robert Voss In the Andes ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif.— The California Fish and Game Commission voted unanimously today to declare the Pacific pocket mouse a candidate species under the California Endangered Species Act, granting ...

Scientists at the American Museum of Natural History investigated old specimens that had been at the museum for decades and discovered they were housing species unknown to science. Between recent ...

LIMA (Reuters) - An "amphibious mouse" with partially webbed feet that eats aquatic insects was among 27 new species discovered during a 2022 expedition to Peru's Amazon, according to Conservation ...