ROCKY FLATS NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE — The hunt is on for the Preble’s meadow jumping mouse — as is a Trump-backed fight that holds it up as proof the Endangered Species Act needs tweaking. The tiny ...

The Pacific Legal Foundation, a conservative public interest law firm based in California, has asked FWS that question by filing a delisting petition to remove the mouse from the “threatened” list of ...

TUCSON (CN) - Uncle Sam refuses to protect the New Mexico meadow jumping mouse, a tiny desert rodent with big feet (1.2 inches) that help it swim and thrive in the Southwest's rare streamside ...

WASHINGTON - A tiny mouse vying for survival in the Rocky Mountains may have gained an upper hand over Western developers. Scientists hired to review contradictory evidence for the U.S. Fish and ...

WASHINGTON (CN) - The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service began a status review of the Preble's meadow jumping mouse due to two petitions requesting the mouse be delisted from Endangered Species Act ...

Like a lot of outdoor and wildlife lovers, I’d love to see a Preble’s meadow jumping mouse: for the rarity of such an experience, for their acrobatic prowess and just to see first-hand this antecedent ...

A long-tailed mouse in northeast Colorado and southeast Wyoming that’s caused more than a decade of controversy is once again gaining attention. A coalition made primarily of livestock and ...

The meadow jumping mouse has hind legs much longer than the front legs and a tapered tail that is nearly twice as long as the combined length of the head and body. The coarse fur is yellowish brown ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced Wednesday that it will ...

An acrobatic mouse is threatening Bush administration efforts to give Western developers an upper hand over endangered species. The Preble’s meadow jumping mouse is in fact a unique creature with ...

The Cascade Range has generally partitioned sister species and populations into western and eastern forms, although north-south phylogeographic breaks within the Cascades have also been documented. We ...

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 ...