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 ...

Friday, Wyoming Governor Dave Freudenthal said the mouseis not genetically distinguishable from other mice and therefore not deserving of special protection. Freudenthal cited a study that Wyoming ...

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 ...

The Boulder County commissioners recently sent a letter to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to object to a proposed change to the Endangered Species Act, saying the change would make it more ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Environmentalists have accused U.S. land managers of failing to keep livestock and wild horses out of streams and other wetlands in Arizona’s White Mountains, resulting in ...

CHEYENNE — The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced Wednesday the removal of the Preble's meadow jumping mouse from protection under the Endangered Species Act in Wyoming. The agency also amended ...

That common name isn’t for nothing: New Mexico meadow jumping mice are amazing jumpers. Pushing off their big hind feet while keeping balance with their long tails, they can leap as far as 3 feet.

Ranchers file lawsuit over mouses’ listing on federal endangered list A little brown mouse that sleeps nine months of the year and is known for its impressive leaping ability was recently listed as an ...

DENVER - Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne said Thursday that he knows the status of the Preble's meadow jumping mouse is of high interest, but added that there's no "hard and fast" date for a ...

In Wyoming, the Preble’s meadow jumping mouse may soon be regarded as just another rodent, but in Colorado, the mouse will continue to block the path of bulldozers. On Nov. 1, the U.S. Fish and ...

CHEYENNE Days after the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service designated critical habitat for the Preble's meadow jumping mouse, landowners and officials expressed concern about the decision's potential ...