KEY LARGO — Workers at a Key Largo wildlife refuge say feral cats have become a serious threat to the survival of an indigenous woodrat species.

When the Key Largo woodrat and cotton mouse were placed on the Endangered Species List, loss of habitat was blamed. Now, 35 years later, new threats like Burmese pythons, feral cats and tegu ...

KEY LARGO - Workers at a Key Largo wildlife refuge say feral cats have become a serious threat to the survival of an indigenous woodrat species. Crocodile Lake National Wildlife Refuge is working t… ...

But the Key Largo woodrat, a nest-building nocturnal rodent, is in danger of going extinct in its native habitat in Key Largo, the largest of the Florida Keys.

KEY LARGO | Workers at a Key Largo wildlife refuge say feral cats have become a serious threat to the survival of an indigenous woodrat species. Crocodile Lake National Wildlife Refuge is working ...