ALBUQUERQUE – 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 damage to ...

A rare mouse and imperiled owl species, both native to the Sacramento Mountains of southern New Mexico were at the center of a lawsuit filed by conservationists alleging the federal government failed ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — In the latest dispute over public lands in the West, New Mexico ranchers are suing the federal government over its attempts to limit their cattle’s access to water and grazing ...

Federal protections for the habitat of a rare forest mouse in New Mexico will be maintained, despite efforts from ranching industry groups in the state. The meadow jumping mouse, mostly known to live ...

A New Mexico meadow jumping mouse captured eating between blades of grass. (J.N. Stuart/flickr via Courthouse News) (CN) — The 10th Circuit upheld the dismissal of a complaint filed by New Mexico ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — An appeals court on Friday uphold a lower court’s rejection of two ranching groups’ challenge to a federal agency’s designation of certain riparian areas of Arizona, Colorado ...

Critical Wyoming habitat for the threatened Preble's meadow jumping mouse ( Zapus hudsonius preblei) was cut in half Friday by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), compared to earlier ...

You may already be aware of some of the key differences between hamsters vs mice, but what if there were even more differences between these two rodents than you expected? For example, hamsters are ...

In winter, if environmental factors are unfavorable, the Pacific pocket mouse may hibernate underground until spring brings better conditions. But if adequate food supplies are available, the mouse ...