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

Teams of mountaineering mice are helping advance understanding into how evolutionary adaptation to localized conditions can ...

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

But for healthy mice, this test is a cakewalk. As Prof. Uusisaari explains, "most mice species are arboreal animals, living in trees. They have adapted to swiftly cross difficult surfaces like thin ...

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 ...

Teams of mountaineering mice are helping advance understanding into how evolutionary adaptation to localized conditions can enable a single species to ...

But for healthy mice, this test is a cakewalk. As Prof. Uusisaari explains, "most mice species are arboreal animals, living in trees. They have adapted to swiftly cross difficult surfaces like thin ...

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.

Scientists discovered a mechanoreceptor that triggers the distinctive shake-off behavior observed in mice when they become ...

The mice were described as “dark drab” in color ... and bromeliads,” researchers said. The new species was found near Mojanda, a dormant volcano with a caldera filled with lakes.

But for healthy mice, this test is a cakewalk. As Prof. Uusisaari explains, “most mice species are arboreal animals, living in trees. They have adapted to swiftly cross difficult surfaces like ...

The mouse’s tail is also “noticeably” long in comparison to mice in the same genus. Thousands of new species are found each year. Here are three of our most recent eye-catching stories.