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.

TUCSON (CN) - Uncle Sam refuses to protect the New Mexico meadow jumping mouse, a tiny desert rodent with big feet (1.2 inches) that help it swim and thrive in the Southwest's rare streamside ...

Project was paused to evaluate possible impact to habitat of New Mexico jumping mouse A development project for a section of the Animas River Trail is scheduled to resume the first week of April. The ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Environmentalists ...

CLOUDCROFT – The Sacramento Ranger District of the Lincoln National Forest is accepting public comment on the draft environmental assessment (EA) for the New Mexico meadow jumping mouse habitat ...

A federal judge upheld protection for the habitat of an endangered mouse in New Mexico, dismissing a lawsuit brought by two ranching groups. The New Mexico meadow jumping mouse historically dwells ...

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 ...

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 ...

WASHINGTON (CN) - Newly released draft environmental assessment and economic impact analysis reports on the Preble's meadow jumping mouse are available for public comment, after George W. Bush ...