As their name suggests, carrion beetles eat dead animals. These insects also lay their eggs on the deceased animals so their larvae can eat the meat when developing. But they aren't the only bugs ...

Summary: Scientists have identified the brain circuitry that drives spiny mice to prefer larger social groups. The study ...

Scientists have zeroed in on brain circuitry powering the desire of spiny mice to live in large groups, opening the door to a ...

The number of tests carried out on live animals last year fell by 3%, new data shows. Across Great Britain 2.68 million ...

A small tropical fish may possess a sophisticated type of self-awareness only ever seen in humans, scientists have said.

Co-expressing NPY and its inhibitory receptor Y2 in excitatory hippocampal cells allows inhibitory autoregulation of ...

Researchers have discovered a way to turn mice skin transparent without causing physical harm, enabling organ and internal ...

The late children’s book illustrator Jerry Pinkney won the Caldecott Medal for his book The Lion and the Mouse. Now his ...

Transparent bodies of animals are seldom seen in the wild. There are glassfrogs and ghost shrimps in the list. However, there ...

Mouse droppings are very small cylindrical shapes that almost look like dark brown or black rice grains, and they’re pointed on both ends. These droppings can carry diseases like hantavirus or ...

If scuttling in the walls is keeping you up at night or you've seen an unwanted visitor or two, here are 14 steps for how to ...