A nutria is a large, semi-aquatic rodent native that is approximately 2 feet long. Its features include a large head, short legs, and a stout body that appears hump-backed on land. Their fur is ...

In 2015, Maryland trapped its last nutria, the Wall Street Journal said. Multiple states still dealing with 20-pound, ...

WASHINGTON — It has the face of a rat and the tail of a skinny squirrel — and scientists say this creature discovered living in central Laos is pretty special: It's a species believed to have been ...

A student at Bosque School in Albuquerque is being credited for discovering a species of rodent never found in Bernalillo County. Dylan Jenkins found the Hispid Cotton Rat on the school’s campus in ...

Mammals keep evolving into anteaters, eating only ants and termites, at least 12 times since the age the dinosaurs.

Hispaniola once had among the highest diversity of rodents in the Caribbean. Today, only one rodent species remains, and its prospects for survival are uncertain. New carbon dates place the blame ...

Scientists estimate that only 10% of all the species on the planet have been described. Among our closest kin, mammals, that number jumps to 80%, but even this well-studied group still holds mysteries ...

Emily Roycroft receives funding from the Australian Government Research Training Program, the Dame Margaret Blackwood Soroptimist Scholarship, the Alfred Nicholas Fellowship (University of Melbourne), ...