These rodents build towns, help the environment, and even talk about us. Laura Moss is a journalist with more than 15 years of experience writing about science, nature, culture, and the environment.

Dormice—perhaps best known for the dormouse cameo in "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" and the subsequent film adaptation—are nocturnal, mouse-like rodents native to the woodlands of Africa, Asia, ...

Russell McLendon is a science writer with expertise in the natural environment, humans, and wildlife. He holds degrees in journalism and environmental anthropology. The red deer of Eurasia live in ...

Steve Nix is a member of the Society of American Foresters and a former forest resources analyst for the state of Alabama. Here is an index map of 20 major timber types in the United States as defined ...