Why it's awesome: The southern grasshopper mouse is a carnivore that's largely immune to scorpion venom, and howls at the moon before it kills like a tiny wolf. This mouse species is an extremely ...

Rodents are usually stereotyped as furtive, gnawing, crop and foodstuff spoiling, small mammals with few redeeming qualities, and I would wager, if asked to describe a mouse, many people’s model would ...

Habitat: The arid badlands of south-western US and adjacent regions of Mexico, in burrows stolen from other rodents In the dark expanses of the Sonoran desert in the US, a terrifying creature ...