The cute, little mouse, known as the deer mouse has the dubious distinction of being the carrier of a deadly variety of Hanta Virus, which causes severe pneumonia-like symptoms. This disease was first ...

The deer mouse might be cutest among our problematic rodents. The tiny creature sports big eyes, large ears and a white underbelly. But, it can be deadly, too. The tiny rodent is known to carry ...

Is this baby animal a mouse or a deer? A rare Philippine mouse deer, the size of a Christmas ornament, was born at an England zoo, marking the first time the endangered species has been successfully ...

This little guy is a deer mouse. Cute, sure. But deer mice are the primary vectors for the “sin nombre” form of hantavirus — a nasty bug transmitted primarily through the rodent’s feces and urine ...

Have you ever seen a deer the size of a hamster? It's a first for us, too. This super-cute baby Java mouse deer has just been born at a zoo in Spain - and weighs just 100 grams. The baby is the eighth ...

There’s new life hopping and tiptoeing through the green enclosures of Indira Gandhi Zoological Park in Visakhapatnam. Two tiny additions, a red-necked wallaby joey and a newborn mouse deer, are ...

One group of mice easily outnumbers all other native, North American rodents in numbers of species and widespread distributions throughout North America. They are collectively referred to as deer mice ...

A creature older than the Himalayas, central to Southeast Asian folklore and forest ecology, yet in Bangladesh it exists only as rumour, confusion, and unanswered questions ...