Just 16 days into 2026, there was a report of the first hantavirus detection of the year in California. Whilst it is not ...

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KJCT) - Health officials are alerting people about the dangers of Hantavirus, a rare but life-threatening infection. The virus is transmitted when humans inhale particles from ...

SALT LAKE CITY – University of Utah researchers dusted wild deer mice with fluorescent pink, blue, green, yellow and orange talcum powders to show which rodents most often fought or mated with others ...

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 exploded ...

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 ...

The wonderful world of tennis is helping nature’s tiniest mammals survive. Each year, following Wimbledon, thousands of used tennis balls are donated to UK Wildlife Trust. Volunteers at the ...

MISSOULA, Mont. — For the past 20 years, Amy Kuenzi has spent three days of every month traveling to a ranch near Gregson, Montana, and setting out traps that contain peanut butter and oats. Her ...

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 ...

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, ...