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 ...

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 ...

Grasshopper mice take scorpion venom that could kill a human and use it to numb their pain. What makes these tiny mice so ...

The N.C. Museum of Natural Sciences will host a special screening this week of "Tiny Giants 3D," an award-winning movie that follows the stories of a chipmunk and a grasshopper mouse as they survive ...

The grasshopper mouse, a nocturnal creature that lives in abandoned burrows, is rarely found in Kansas, officials said. Photo from Diedre Kramer/KDWP A bloodthirsty, cannibalistic creature has been ...

I didn’t believe it until I actually heard it. There is an unusual mouse who literally howls at the Moon before killing its prey. Called the grasshopper mouse, it’s a rare carnivorous mouse who eats ...

Holy cow! The grasshopper mouse is like the mongoose of the Southwest! Now, I may have only lived in Arizona for less than a year, but I know that I have to beware of scorpions and other beasties both ...

There is a predatory beast that lives right here in SaddleBrooke. At night it sneaks up on its prey like a lion, grabs it with long, sharp claws and kills it with swift bites from its long teeth. It ...

The little creatures crawl over the big screen. Sometimes, they’re fun to watch and sometimes, their lives are fraught with peril. “Tiny Giants 3D” is a version of “Hidden Kingdoms,” a BBC series.