The two species of Peromyscus inhabiting the Adirondacks are similar in appearance, and are not always distinguishable from external characters. The deer mouse usually differs from the white-footed ...

While the deer mouse is more abundant at higher elevations, and the white-footed mouse at lower, both coexist at intermediate altitudes which offer the greatest variety of tree species. The ...

The nest, a ball of plant fibers lined with any kind of soft material, may be in any natural or artificial cavity, a deserted burrow of some other animal, or in an abandoned and roofed-over bird nest.

Plus, not all deer mice can get you sick—an older study estimated roughly 10% to 14% of deer mice carry hantavirus, while a 2024 study of rodents in New Mexico found less than 9% of deer mice ...

The deer mouse, believed to be the most common mammal in North America, has a very different take on family values than its evolutionary sibling, the oldfield mouse. Oldfield mice are monogamous ...

News; Sci/Tech; Cool Critters: Cute, all-American western deer mouse plays big role in our ecosystem Sun., Jan. 5, 2025 The western deer mouse, named only about five years ago, thrives in a ...

Officials said Friday that Betsy Arakawa, the wife of Academy Award-winning actor Gene Hackman, died of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome last month in the couple’s home in New Mexico.