When a species of animal hasn't been seen in decades, it's often feared that mankind or natural environmental factors have driven it to extinction. That was the case with the Vietnam mouse-deer, also ...

An unusually tiny deer has been found in Vietnam. Researchers say it’s the first sighting of the rare silver-backed chevrotain in nearly three decades. At less than 10 pounds, the chevrotain, which ...

A zoo in Wroclaw, Poland has captured the birth of a tiny mouse deer on camera for the first time ever, in a hopeful moment for the highly endangered species originating from the Philippines.

The range is transcontinental, and from Alaska to southern Mexico, except for the southeastern U.S. In the Adirondacks the deer mouse is wide spread, occurring in all terrestrial habitats at all ...

When you think of all the species of wildlife that call the Northwoods home, deer mice probably aren’t what first comes to ...

For a mouse, survival often boils down to one urgent question: Flee or freeze? Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest sci-tech news updates. But the best strategy to avoid being snatched and eaten ...

In this Thursday, June 4, 2020 photo provided by the Wroclaw Zoo a rare Philippine mouse-deer is hiding in a thicket at the Zoo in Wroclaw, Poland. The zoo was the first one ever to record on video ...

Unlike the deer mouse which it closely resembles, the white-footed mouse’s fur is not soft and luxuriant, and the general color of the back and sides is a reddish or orangish, not grayish, brown. A ...

Hantaviruses are a family of virus that spread through rodents. The Sin Nombre virus is spread through the deer mouse. Symptoms of infection for hantavirus include fatigue, fever and muscle aches.

An unusually tiny deer has been found in Vietnam. Researchers say it’s the first sighting of the rare silver-backed chevrotain in nearly three decades. At less than 10 pounds, the chevrotain, which ...