The Santa Cruz kangaroo rat — a rodent related to chipmunks — used to be plentiful in the Santa Cruz, Santa Clara, and San Mateo counties in California, but it was thought to be near-extinct ...

Kangaroo rats are known to use their hind feet to create their very own Morse code to send warning signals to fellow rats, and what greater danger is there than the imposing habitat destruction ...

RANGE: The San Bernardino Valley in Southern California's San Bernardino County and the San Jacinto River valley in Riverside County THREATS: Loss, degradation, and fragmentation of habitat due to ...