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Kangaroo Rats Get Home Improvement

Seedlings are protected by plastic sheathes as part of kangaroo rat habitat restoration. Stephens’ kangaroo rats are adapted to live in native grasslands. After successfully translocating 150 kangaroo...

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Where are Translocated Kangaroo Rats Now?

Stephens’ kangaroo rats continue to live and reproduce where they were translocated in fall 2010. It’s been 6 months since we released 152 Stephens’ kangaroo rats onto the Southwestern Riverside County...

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Protecting Kangaroo Rats

A remote camera records a coyote on an SKR release site. I am happy to report that we had another successful (and exciting!) field season. We re-trapped endangered Stephens’ kangaroo rats (SKRs) on...

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Endangered Mice Nestle into New Homes

Female #14 fills her cheek pouches with seed. It’s early morning, and I have just finished feeding the pocket mice various seeds, spinach, and a twig of buckwheat. I watch as the mice collect seeds in...

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