Science news articles about 'deer mice'

... in animals typically leads to responses that invest in the survival, not offspring," Schwanz said. In deer mice, however, the opposite was happening. In the study, Schwanz infected 30 female deer ...

... -bodied individuals are responsible for maintaining hantavirus in deer mice populations," Dearing says. "The biggest individuals ... mice at 12 sites of 7.7 acres each in Utah's Juab County. The sites ...

Day-Glo talcum powder helped scientists study how deer mice spread a virus that causes hantavirus pulmonary syndrome.

... deer mice captured in Colorado -- 38 at about 3,300 feet above sea level in Yuma ... retreated. He also said the hemoglobins of high-altitude deer mice are functionally similar to the fetal hemoglobins ...

... natural selection at work, scientists at Harvard University have found that deer mice living in Nebraska's Sand Hills ... of lighter coloration among Sand Hills mice, need not always rely on pre-existing ...

In a vivid illustration of natural selection at work, scientists have found that deer mice living in Nebraska's Sand Hills quickly evolved lighter coloration after glaciers deposited sand dunes atop ...

... through complex community interactions among deer mice, native plants and seeds, the presence ... population size, increasing the numbers of hungry mice feeding on their original source of food: the seeds ...

Researchers use two species of deer mice to study diabetes, and find that males of a calmer and more monogamous species regulate blood sugar better than males of a less calm and less monogamous ...

... species, while the declining species---woodland deer mice, southern red-backed voles, northern flying squirrels, woodland jumping mice, and least chipmunks---are all northern species. The south-to- ...

... changes between two geographically isolated rodents -- Channel Island deer mice from coastal California and white-footed mice northwest of Chicago -- and noted fast change among both. "I ...