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 ...

Could these jumping mice change how astronauts workout? According to researchers in the U.S. - leaping rodents may hold the key to minimizing health risks while astronauts are on long voyages - like ...

The Center for Biological Diversity contends that the government hasn’t done enough to protect the mouse from cattle grazing. An environmental group plans to make its case in court that the Interior ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.— The Center for Biological Diversity filed a formal notice today of its intent to sue the U.S. Forest Service and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for failing to protect riparian areas ...

ALBUQUERQUE — Biologists who spent weeks in three New Mexico national forests searching for signs of an elusive, endangered mouse that looks somewhat like a tiny kangaroo have found what they call ...

Why did the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service waste over 100 million taxpayer dollars to save the Preble’s meadow jumping mouse from extinction when the little critters are alive and well from Colorado ...

Spring is often portrayed as the season of rebirth, and, for many organisms, it is. But spring is also the season of reawakening for those species that spend the winter in some form of hibernation or ...