“Amid such profound squalor and chaos, the mice forgot how to be mice. They ceased to breed, and their population collapsed,” ...

With millions of mice and rats in US labs alone, scientists can learn a lot of information from their scurrying test subjects ...

Study on high-altitude deer mice reveals unique genetic adaptations for survival, offering insights into evolutionary ...

Trailing behind the fluffy animal, however, is a tail longer than the rest of its body combined, more than 6 inches long, ...

Recent research identifies 16 human nerve cell types, revealing complex sensory responses and challenging traditional views ...

No less than 16 different types of nerve cells have been identified by scientists in a new study on the human sense of touch.

Not only does it activate the right type of immune cells in human blood samples, but animal models show that mice receiving ...

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, the ...

No less than 16 different types of nerve cells have been identified by scientists in a new study on the human sense of touch.

After what must surely have been one of the oddest opening remarks to the Royal Society in its storied 200-plus-year history — “I shall largely speak of mice,” Calhoun began, “but my thoughts are on ...

Researchers at Uppsala University and KTH Royal Institute of Technology have developed a new form of precision medicine, an ...

US researchers have found an astonishingly simple brain circuit of just three types of neurons controls chewing motions in mice, and has a surprising impact on their appetite too. "It's surprising ...