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

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 ...

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

Mice are the last thing you want to see in or near your home in New Jersey. It's time to meet all the mice that call the ...

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

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

Researchers identified 16 distinct types of nerve cells involved in human touch and compared them with those in mice and macaques, showing both shared and unique traits.

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

"Wet dog shakes" – a common reflex behavior shared among many hairy mammals and designed to expel water and irritants from their coats – happens when particular mechanoreceptors are activated, ...

Wet dog shakes” – a common reflex behavior shared among many hairy mammals and designed to expel water and irritants from their coats – happens when particular mechanoreceptors are activated, ...

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.

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 ...