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 ...

A deer mouse collected near Mount Laguna last month has tested positive for the potentially deadly hantavirus, county officials announced Tuesday. The sample was collected Aug. 24 during routine ...

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 ...

The deer mouse, believed to be the most common mammal in North America, has a very different take on family values than its evolutionary sibling, the oldfield mouse. Oldfield mice are monogamous.

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 ...

A deer mouse found in Cuyamaca Rancho State Park has tested positive for hantavirus. The mouse, which was discovered on Jan. 3, 2025, is the first local case of the year. Hantavirus is common in wild ...

Both parents of oldfield mice care for offspring, whereas in deer mice, mothers usually care for pups. The discovery of a type of adrenal-gland cell that is present in oldfield mice but not in deer ...