ORANGE COUNTY, Calif.— As the Trump administration steps back from protecting imperiled animals, the Center for Biological Diversity today filed a petition to protect the Pacific pocket mouse under ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif.— The California Fish and Game Commission voted unanimously today to declare the Pacific pocket mouse a candidate species under the California Endangered Species Act, granting ...

SAN DIEGO, Calif. (FOX 5/KUSI) — The Pacific pocket mouse, one of California’s smallest and rarest native mammals, has moved one step closer to permanent state protection. Last week, the California ...

A local species of mouse once thought to have been completely wiped out by human encroachment and habitat degradation has been reintroduced to a site on Camp Pendleton. The release is part of a joint ...

The endangered Pacific pocket mouse has been the subject of a 12-year breeding and reintroduction project to help save the species. Photo: Ken Bohn San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance The San Diego Zoo ...

If there was a category for low maintenance, free-living and inconspicuous rodents, then one group that comes to mind are pocket mice of the family Heteromyidae. The family name translates as ...

A tiny mouse is proving that even the smallest beings can make a big impact — by cementing his place in the record books. Pat, a Pacific pocket mouse named after actor Sir Patrick Stewart, has ...