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

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 ...

With millions of mice and rats in US labs alone, scientists can learn a lot of information from their scurrying test subjects ...

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Teams of mountaineering mice have shown how species adapt to localized conditions in order to thrive across diverse environments.

Hope Center for Neurological Disorders, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, USA ...

Teams of mountaineering mice are helping advance understanding into how evolutionary adaptation to localized conditions can enable a single species to thrive across diverse environments.