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 ...

Colorado wildlife officers rescued a deer from a rat trap in the mountains west of Denver. Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) said the doe was spotted for several days in Evergreen with a rat trap ...

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

As cute as it appears to be, the gray to brown and white deer mouse (Peromyscus maniculatus) is a potentially dangerous creature since it can spread disease. The deer mouse is about five inches long, ...

BOZEMAN (AP) Hantavirus researchers are concerned that deer mouse populations have not decreased this year as expected. After last summer s drought, we should have seen a dramatic drop in numbers, but ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. An Illinois resident has contracted hantavirus pulmonary syndrome, a disease spread by rodents, state health officials said. The ...

Researchers believe replacing the current mice population with rodents that are immune to Lyme disease will keep residents ...