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

These antiheroes of the American West are actually not so bad. New research reveals they're good parents and neighbors, and ...

It’s not yet certain which animals are the natural carriers. But, based on the available evidence, it is thought to be ...

Using a variety of techniques, the researchers realized that two subspecies of squirrels from Southeast Asia were actually unique species in their own right ...

A new species of mouse with a remarkably long tail, dubbed Otavalo’s Andean mouse, has been discovered near a dormant volcano ...

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 ...

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

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. These animals may be small, but their contribution to current research is ...

Recent research identifies 16 human nerve cell types, revealing complex sensory responses and challenging traditional views on nerve specificity. In a new study published in Nature Neuroscience, ...

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 ...