Highland deer mice and their lowland cousins ventured on a simulated seven-week ascent to 6,000 meters. By tracking how the mice responded to cold stress and progressively lower oxygen levels, the ...

These neurons are exquisitely sensitive to gentle mechanical stimulation and are found exclusively around the small, fine hairs that make up animals’ undercoat ... It was as if they had fooled the ...

The greater short-horned lizard boasts an impressive arsenal of defense mechanisms—more impressive than the myths they inspire.

Seeing a single mouse doesn’t necessarily mean your home is overrun, but it's a strong signal that more are nearby, says ...

POLK expression in neurons and report an important observation that POLK exhibits an age-dependent change in subcellular localization, from the nucleus in young tissue to the cytoplasm in old tissue.

Imagine a robot that can detect scents in the air and track down their sources as efficiently as a dog or a mouse. If ...

If you’ve been hearing unsettling scratches behind your walls, you may have some tiny, unwanted guests. While spotting one ...

If realised, it could detect small wildfires in dense forests, find people buried in debris after an earthquake, or even hunt ...

Scientists stress out lab mice, a lot. Inducing chronic stress and anxiety in these furry critters is how scientists explore ...