Sometimes a cat will leave a dead animal at the door of a house. Why they do it is unknown. While it’s difficult to know the ...

Tamarins are smaller than a common house cat, but compared with the pygmy marmosets they looked imposing. Resin is not the tamarins’ preferred food, but in the absence of other things ...

Ongoing destruction and fragmentation of its habitat, exploitation for food, the presence of feral cats, and lack of sufficient legal protection for pygmy three-toed sloths and their habitat have ...

Among Adirondack mammals, pygmy shrews hold several records. Some adults weigh only 2-3 g (0.11 oz) and thus are the smallest mammals in the world. This species is also one of the rarest, with only ...

Cactus ferruginous pygmy owls are named for the saguaro cactuses they live in, their rusty-colored stripes, and their small size. They’re as fierce as they are small: These 2.5-ounce raptors prey on ...