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 ...

In a recent study posted to the bioRxiv* preprint server, researchers assessed the susceptibility of deer mice and California mice to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) ...

Those of us who claim to love animals (and I count myself as one) are often faced with a case of hypocrisy when it comes to the cycle of life.

The new arrival, who was born on Dec. 2, is only around 10 centimetres (4 inches) tall, and its sex is not yet known, the zoo said. Warsaw Zoo got its first mouse-deer, Arnold, in 2020. He was joined ...

The deer mouse might be cutest among our problematic rodents. The tiny creature sports big eyes, large ears and a white underbelly. But, it can be deadly, too. The tiny rodent is known to carry ...

It’s been more than 70 days since we first received a snowfall that covered the ground. This introductory snow at Thanksgiving time was followed a week later, in early December, by a heavy coat. About ...

WARSAW, Poland — A zoo in Poland says it's the first to have captured on video the birth of a rare Philippine mouse-deer, and everyone's hoping it’s a male so it can help the endangered species breed.