In captivity too, the rodents need room for movement and ways to hide and build nests. Mice have a lively social life. They communicate mainly through sounds and smells. Depending on the food supply, ...

The average litter size has been found to vary from as few as three pups to as many as nine. Although mice from some laboratory lines can survive as long as three years, free-living wild animals are ...

Scientists from Leiden University Medical Centre in the Netherlands filmed wild mice using an outdoor wheel for three years to analyse their behaviour They found the behaviour is natural even if ...

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How animal color patterns develop and evolve is a longstanding question in developmental biology. HHMI Investigator Hopi Hoekstra of Harvard University studies the development and evolution of stripe ...

A Wild Mouse roller coaster (also Mad Mouse or Crazy Mouse) is a type of roller coaster characterized by small cars that seat four people or fewer and ride on top of the track, taking tight ...

US wildlife officials released 50 captive-bred Pacific pocket mice into Camp Pendleton, California to help rebuild the endangered species. The mice, once presumed extinct due to habitat loss ...

At the end of reversal testing, we presented mice in the younger cohort with a new pair of stimuli (Fig. 1c). In contrast to wild-type mice, R6/2 mice were unable to learn the new discrimination.

In this article, we’ll discuss whether mice can develop rabies, a few other risks to consider, and what you should do if ...

Invasive mice are eating the island’s 29 avian species alive, but the NGO Mouse-Free Marion has a plan to eradicate them by using helicopters to drop 600 tons of pesticides across the entire ...