Fact checked by Nick Blackmer Hantavirus is a rare but potentially deadly respiratory illness spread by infected deer mice.Humans catch the illness from exposure to rodent droppings or urine, but ...

Deer mice cache food, especially seeds, in holes in the ground, in tree cavities, and even in bird nests, storing up to 0.6 L (1 pt) in each location for later use. In spite of autumn fat deposition ...

The cute, little mouse, known as the deer mouse has the dubious distinction of being the carrier of a deadly variety of Hanta Virus, which causes severe pneumonia-like symptoms.

In an apparent response to climate change, species are migrating, including the white-footed mouse (Peromyscus leucopus) that is moving northward into territory long occupied by the woodland deer ...

A deer mouse collected near Mount Laguna last month has tested positive for the potentially deadly hantavirus, county officials announced Tuesday.

Scientists are unearthing a quiet truth about the woods: Where trees grow, or don’t, depends in part on the quirky decisions of small mammals. A deer mouse, temporarily captured for a behavioral ...

GLENWOOD SPRINGS - A warm, wet spring has sent mice numbers soaring across western Colorado and raised concern about hantavirus infections.''It worries me because the mice population has just ...

Fanged mouse-deer identified after vanishing for a generation A small group of silver-backed chevrotains, tiny deer-like creatures, has been photographed in a Vietnamese forest after an intense ...

Hantavirus, a respiratory virus spread by rodents, has been in the news recently. Experts explain what you need to know about the illness, including what to do if you find signs of rodents in your ...

Deer mice and white-footed deer mice are the animals most often responsible for infecting people with hantavirus.

The deer mice most prone to carrying hantavirus pulmonary syndrome can squeeze through holes just one-quarter-inch in diameter.