Deer are on the move for breeding season, a time that means bucks rubbing their antlers on tree trunks — not to mention whole herds turning their dining attention toward landscape evergreens as other ...

Hantavirus is a rare but potentially deadly respiratory illness spread by infected deer mice. Humans catch the illness from exposure to rodent droppings or urine, but the risk is low, even if you’re ...

The recent deaths of actor Gene Hackman and his wife, as well as three California residents, have brought attention to a rare rodent-borne virus that has the potential to turn deadly. While the risk ...

Just 16 days into 2026, there was a report of the first hantavirus detection of the year in California. Whilst it is not uncommon to isolate hantavirus from wild rodents in some parts of the US, it ...