Scientists have zeroed in on brain circuitry powering the desire of spiny mice to live in large groups, opening the door to a new model for the study of complex social behaviors in mammals.

A new study has uncovered significant differences in how male and female mice process threats, even as they exhibit similar behavioral responses. Acute kidney injury (AKI) is associated with a ...

As the days shorten and the temperature drops, pests see your home as a potential winter retreat. For some insects, it's not ...

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The hantavirus is carried by deer mice, which differ from house mice. According to Orkin.com, house mice are light brown or ...

The deer mouse (Peromyscus maniculatus), sometimes called the field mouse, is a little bigger than a house mouse. It's easily ...

With winter just around the corner, mice are preparing for the cold months ahead by finding cozy spots to nest and ride out ...

I’ve lived for many years in an old apartment building in New York and, for all the years I’ve spent in this elevator ...

The range is transcontinental, and from Alaska to southern Mexico, except for the southeastern U.S. In the Adirondacks the deer mouse is wide spread, occurring in all terrestrial habitats at all ...

Unlike the deer mouse which it closely resembles, the white-footed mouse’s fur is not soft and luxuriant, and the general color of the back and sides is a reddish or orangish, not grayish, brown. A ...

Aside from grasshopper, prey include deer mice, pocket mice, and scorpions, whose poison seems ineffectual against the killer. Called the cougar as well, the mountain lion is one of America's most ...

The Mus genus has been divided into four subgenera, of which one is also called Mus. This subgenus contains all of the "true old world mice" including the house mouse M. musculus — the main focus of ...