Deer mice—the rodent that mainly carries hantavirus—usually stick to rural areas out west. But “common house mice (Mus musculus), which are prevalent in urban and suburban communities, ...

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 ...

“If you live in Manhattan,” Diuk-Wasser said, “most likely you got it by traveling. If you live in Queens or the Bronx, you ...

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 ...

A 50-plus year old Douglas County woman was hospitalized for a confirmed second case of hantavirus this summer, Carson City ...

Deer mice. Deer mice get their name from the color of their fur -- brown with white feet and a white belly. They are 5-8 inches long with a round body shape.

Deer mice also have larger ears than house mice. Even though your mouse was a house mouse, you’ll still want to do a thorough cleanup of the areas where you found the droppings.

Carson City Health and Human Services (CCHHS) reported a second case of hantavirus this year in Douglas County. Officials say ...

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 ...

Deer mice infected with the virus will appear healthy and do not get sick themselves. People get infected with the virus by breathing in dust that contains the virus from rodent droppings, ...

Deer mice reside in burrows, underneath rocks and brush piles, in crevices, within buildings and abandoned structures and sometimes within remodeled bird nests.