Researchers in the Alto Mayo region of north-west Peru have discovered 27 species that are new to science, including a rare amphibious mouse ... in a small patch of white sand forest”.

An amphibious mouse ... few species known to exist only spotted a handful of times by scientists. This new species of climbing salamander was abundant but only in a small patch of unique white ...

followed by a new species of squirrel. Then came their most surprising find of all: a mouse that swims with webbed feet. “Amphibious rodents are almost mythical to mammal experts,” Dr. Larsen ...

In addition to the swimming mouse and the bizarre blob-headed fish, other newly described species include a narrow-mouthed frog, a tropical climbing salamander spotted in a unique white-sand ...

The deer mouse, a close cousin to the white-footed mouse, has a longer tail and less black on the back, but individuals can vary. These two northeastern species can be difficult to tell apart – ...

I often hear gnawing and the scurrying of little feet inside the walls of our house. Mice have taken shelter in our old ...

The deer mouse, a close cousin to the white-footed mouse, has a longer tail and less black on the back, but individuals can vary. These two northeastern species can be difficult to tell apart – ...

The Late Cretaceous period was 100.5-66 million years ago during a time when the Earth was dominated by dinosaurs. Living alongside these giant reptiles, however, were a variety of different types of ...

Understanding the comfort and enthusiasm of experimental laboratory mice allows researchers to enhance their outcomes and the animal’s care. 1 This includes constructing a relaxed environment and ...

Now she’s looking for them in mice brains ... wild and some raised in her lab. They planned to look up the DNA sequences in a database to identify any microbial species. These kinds of samples ...

Unfortunately, there is evidence that especially the most widely used laboratory species, the mouse, is often treated insufficiently or that protocols are applied that may not reflect the recent state ...