Mice are remarkable creatures, but one species stands out for its ability to thrive in various environments – the deer mouse. This extraordinary animal showcases impressive adaptability, inhabiting a ...

Highland deer mice and their lowland cousins ventured on a simulated seven-week ascent to 6,000 meters. By tracking how the mice responded to cold stress and progressively lower oxygen levels ...

Pemberton's deer mouse (Peromyscus pembertoni) lived on San Pedro Nolasco Island (27.96749°N 111.37845°W / 27.96749; -111.37845) in the Gulf of California. The last 12 specimens were collected on 26 ...

Data showed that the highland and lowland deer mouse cousins do not share a general ability to acclimate to hypoxia (low oxygen conditions). As the simulated elevations rose above 4,000 meters ...

Deer butchers and hunters processing their own deer share that whitetail deer harvests are coming in with extremely high counts of deer ticks. One local butcher friend of mine counted more than 60 ...

In a study led by Naim Bautista, a postdoctoral researcher in Jay Storz’s lab at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, the team took highland deer mice and their lowland cousins on a simulated ...

In a study led by Naim Bautista, a postdoctoral researcher in Jay Storz's lab at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, the team took highland deer mice and their lowland cousins on a simulated ...

Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. After going nearly extinct in the middle of the 20th century due to hunting, experts say the diminutive ...

Teams of mountaineering mice are helping advance understanding into how evolutionary adaptation to localized conditions can enable a single species to thrive across diverse environments. In a study ...

A big deer walks out of the thick stuff, eases down the trail, and stops broadside just 20 yards away. He scans the surroundings, sniffs the air, and lip curls for good measure. You loose an arrow and ...