Researchers have uncovered a surprising culprit behind sleep loss in Alzheimer’s disease: the brain’s own immune cells. In mice with amyloid plaques, overactive microglia triggered inflammation that ...
A leaf-eared mouse living more than 6,700 meters (22,000 feet) above sea level in the Andes has shattered assumptions about ...
Mammals shouldn’t permanently live much above 5,500 meters (18,000 feet). Above this altitude, the combination of oxygen-starved air, freezing temperatures, scarce food, and relentless winds was ...
A drug that has passed phase 1 trials for spinal injuries in people repaired DNA breaks and reduced inflammation in mouse ...
The Dodo Few people would expect a pit bull and a mouse to end up acting like siblings. But after Carolyn, a small mouse, was ...
The Andean leaf-eared mouse has adaptations that help it generate body heat efficiently in frigid, low-oxygen conditions at ...
There are about 140 Guam kingfishers left in the entire world. Eighteen of these brightly-colored birds live in Front Royal, ...
Knowable Magazine reports that loneliness affects both humans and animals, as researchers find that social interaction is a fundamental need for well-being.
Dan Werb uses Conrad’s wake as the doorway into an exploration of synanthropes — a term derived from Greek that means ...
The neurobiologist Erich Jarvis studies the few species capable of speech. He has long hoped to genetically engineer an ...
It dates them, placing a calm temperament and a ride-ready body at different points on the same timeline. Researchers have ...
A tiny field mouse recently got the kind of second chance most wild animals never do after surviving a close call with a ...
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