According to naturalist David Mizejewski, "field mice" is a general term that could apply to any small, wild rodent species, but typically mice and voles. These critters look very similar, but voles ...

During field work in the exclusion zone, scientists from the Institute for Nuclear Research of the National Academy of ...

The researchers found that the seed use patterns of field mice differed by species (large Japanese field mouse Apodemus speciosus and small Japanese field mouse A. argenteus), the presence or ...

After sending three mouse specimens to the Field Museum for DNA analysis, it was confirmed that Balete had discovered a new species. “That DNA study demonstrated that the new mouse was not related to ...

In the Andes Mountains of northern Peru, a long-tailed mammal with a “facial mask” moved through the undergrowth. Suddenly, the ground dropped out underneath its hairy paws, and it fell into a ...

They bought a pasture field in the North York Moors National Park about five years ago and noticed a grass growing in the field was favoured by harvest mice. Once a widespread species in the UK ...

The species commonly seen inside people’s homes is the house mouse, which doesn’t carry the hantavirus pathogen. At first glance, it resembles a deer mouse. There are key differences, however.

The house mouse is a non-native mouse species that lives on all seven continents. ... and they much prefer woodpiles, forests and field edges than our homes, Cove said.

The constrictors prey on native species, eating just about anything from field mice to deer. According to a 2012 study, they've contributed to the decline of raccoons, opossums, bobcats, foxes ...

More than 300 harvest mice have been released at a national park as part of a project to re-establish a local breeding population. The scheme has been led by Steve Mills and Hilary Koll, who live ...