If you spend time hiking or camping in the eastern half of the United States, chances are you’ve had encounters with ticks, ...

Research led by the National Institute of Biological Sciences in Beijing has discovered that switching on a single dormant ...

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

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

One tip: walk in the center of the trail. Ticks like to attach themselves to long grasses. No need to use DEET.

Why? Because it sounds like TikTok? That’s ridiculous! I’m writing about ticks because the subject is so relevant. We’re all worried about ticks and the diseases they carry. My main problem with ...

When actor Gene Hackman and his wife died earlier this year, autopsies revealed that he died of heart failure, a week after ...

From millions of feces and urine samples stored in liquid nitrogen to the only fruit fly database in the world, here are the ...

Mouse deer are among the smallest ungulates (hoofed mammals) and are native to the dense forests of Southeast Asia and parts of Africa. Unlike a deer, mouse deer do not have antlers.

Mouse deer are despite the name, not rodents but small hoofed animals around the size of a rabbit and possess fangs instead of horns, unlike true deer. But they are probably more closely related ...

A deer mouse collected in Cuyamaca Rancho State Park earlier this month tested positive for hantavirus, a potentially deadly virus that can infect people, county officials said Monday.