This is a Stephen's woodrat surrounded by its favorite food: toxic juniper. This rat species has evolved liver enzymes to get rid of the toxins. Another species, the white-throated woodrat ...
Caption A captive desert woodrat, also known as a packrat, stands on a rock near branches from a toxic creosote bush. A new University of Utah study shows how microbes in the gut play a key role ...
While they're called rats, they're actually more mouse-like in appearance. The Allegheny woodrat's range once extended from southwestern Connecticut west to Indiana and south to northern Alabama.
The Pennsylvania Game Commission, the Maryland Zoo and the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine’s ...