Woodrats survive on toxic creosote plants by copying detox genes, producing more enzymes to break down plant toxins and avoid ...

Before the survey results, the animal was believed to be locally extinct. The primarily nocturnal woodrat was once found from Connecticut west to Indiana and south to Alabama, according to the ...

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 ...

NMSU biology assistant professor Teri Orr, whose research focuses on evolutionary and ecological mechanisms, is a co-author who contributed to the study to determine how woodrats are able to survive ...