Biologists refer to the mouse as a “model organism,” because they can use lab mice as models to study how diseases develop, how treatments work and how genes affect those processes.

With curly whiskers and wavy, light hair that grows three times longer than that of an ordinary lab mouse, the genetically modified rodent embodies several woolly mammoth-like traits, according to ...

A new study suggests lab mice will open the mouths and pull on the tongues of their unconscious companions. Rama via Wikimedia Commons under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 FR Humans aren’t the only animals ...

Li Zhang has anesthetized a lot of mice in his research career. Several years ago, the University of Southern California neuroscientist's team began noticing that sometimes, when they placed an ...

A monthslong investigation into a rural California warehouse uncovered an illegal laboratory filled with infectious agents, medical waste and hundreds of mice bioengineered "to catch and carry the ...

Well, a new study in the journal Science hints that lab mice might do something similar. NPR's Jonathan Lambert has more. JONATHAN LAMBERT, BYLINE: Neuroscientist Li Zhang has anesthetized a lot ...

Scientists stress out lab mice, a lot. Inducing chronic stress and anxiety in these furry critters is how scientists explore the bodily and cognitive effects of stress and discover anti-anxiety ...

A cage containing albino laboratory mice was one of more than 50 containers of the rodents stacked on shelves inside a clandestine lab discovered in a warehouse in downtown Reedley in December 2022.

tens of millions of mice are studied as a proxy for the human brain in labs. They’re small, they breed quickly, and they’re relatively easy to genetically manipulate, making mice ubiquitous in ...