If a truly snowy winter ever arrives to our region, you might see footprints resembling those left by some tiny, whimsical rabbit. In reality, they likely belong to the western deer mouse. As the ...

Claim to fame: There are no studies to prove it, but because of its reproductive capacity, the deer mouse is probably one of the most abundant native wild mammals in Missouri. Another mouse, the house ...

Looks like: Body is 3 to 4 inches long, and tail is 2 to 5 inches long. Color of back is variable, but generally grayish brown, with white belly and feet. Can be confused with other similar species, ...

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 new study, conducted in Canada and recently published in Nature Communications, reports that the North American deer mouse can be infected with the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 ...