As urban development continues to creep further into Earth's oldest and most diverse rainforests, a study reveals native and invasive small mammals aren't just adapting to their changing habitats -- ...

University of Maine researchers discover that ticks thrive in backyards, but there are methods to eliminate the tick habitat.

Hantavirus has been detected in 97 Californians since 1980. While early symptoms can be mistaken for influenza, the disease ...

Virginia Tech researchers discovered six new rodent carriers of hantavirus and identified U.S. hotspots, highlighting the ...

Actor Gene Hackman had not eaten for quite some time before his death, a final autopsy report has revealed, though heart ...

Hantavirus is spread by fluids, droppings from rodents. It's the disease that killed Betsy Arakawa, Gene Hackman's wife.

A final autopsy report concerning the death of actor Gene Hackman has been released by the Office of the Medical Investigator ...

Hantavirus is a rare but potentially deadly respiratory illness spread by infected deer mice. Humans catch the illness from ...

There's nothing that gets your heart racing quite like spotting a mouse in your house. These tiny critters can squeeze through the tiniest of gaps, making it incredibly difficult to rodent-proof your ...

You view mice as gross. Perhaps a more obvious reason is that mice can gross people out, and research connects disgust and fear. People may view rodents as “gross” for various reasons, like the fact ...

Deer mice, the sole source of the virus in the area ... If you live in an area where you might come in contact with infected rodent infestations, the "most important public health message is ...