For generations, laboratory mice have lived and died under fluorescent lights, their world reduced to plastic cages and standardized pellets. When researchers finally moved some of these animals into ...

When laboratory mice step out of their plastic cages and into real soil, their behavior changes so dramatically that it forces a rethink of what stress, health and even “normal” really mean. The story ...

In a series of experiments, researchers found that a communication pathway between the brain and the gut may be integral to how well the brain holds on to memories. The genesis for the study came from ...

Scientists have advanced human-animal chimera research by successfully growing human cells within the organs of mice. This development could bring experts closer to the goal of custom-growing human ...

When we humans encounter an unconscious person, we might spring into action and try to revive them. Well, a new study in the journal Science hints that lab mice might do something similar. NPR's ...