1. The behaviour of dispersing and resident deer mice (Peromyscus maniculatus) was compared in three laboratory tests to determine if dispersers differed behaviourally from residents. 2. The ...

Data collected over the past 15 years in Colorado show that deer mice (Peromyscus maniculatus) collected in southeastern Colorado have a significantly lower Sin Nombre virus (SNV) antibody prevalence ...

The remarkable diversity of male reproductive traits observed in nature is often attributed to the evolutionary forces of sexual conflict, sperm competition and sperm precedence 1,2,3,4. However, the ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Betsy Arakawa, the wife of actor Gene Hackman, died from hantavirus pulmonary syndrome. Hantavirus is rare, ...

A light-colored deer mouse (Peromyscus maniculatus) on dark soil in the Sand Hills of Nebraska. This poorly camouflaged rodent might not survive much longer, as it's easily spotted by hungry owls ...

A new study shows that in Peromyscus maniculatus, a species of deer mouse known to be highly promiscuous, sperm clump together to swim in a more linear fashion, increasing their chances of ...

The woodland deer mouse (left) and the white-footed mouse (right) are moving northward in Michigan. While the world debates what to do about climate change, mice in Michigan are already taking action.

Jeremy Papuga knows that when most people think of climate change, they imagine huge polar bears on melting icecaps, not small field mice in forests in Michigan. But in an apparent response to climate ...

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