The latest hantavirus infections made the disease hit the headlines all over the globe. In particular, health authorities claim that they had monitored the infections related to travellers and ...

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Yosemite National Park has begun trapping and killing deer mice whose growing numbers may have helped create the conditions that led to a hantavirus outbreak that has ...

For a mouse, survival often boils down to one urgent question: Flee or freeze? But the best strategy to avoid being snatched and eaten depends on which mouse you are asking. According to a new study ...

One group of mice easily outnumbers all other native, North American rodents in numbers of species and widespread distributions throughout North America. They are collectively referred to as deer mice ...

A mouse running across a garden wall or hiding behind old cardboard boxes may seem like a routine household problem. But in some cases, rodents can carry diseases that are far more serious than most ...

If a truly snowy winter ever arrives to our region, you might see footprints resembling those left by some tiny, whimsical rabbit. In reality, they likely belong to the western deer mouse. As the ...