New research now shows that mice also do this - at least to fellow mice that they know, sometimes even offering an effective form of first aid. For some time now, there have been reports that some ...

Now, he and his colleagues show that unconscious mice elicit a suite of behaviors from cage mates that seem to speed recovery ...

The findings hint that an animalistic impulse to help others in distress may be more common than previously thought. There is ...

Young mice seemingly attempt to revive an anaesthetised cage mate by grooming and biting it and will even pull aside the ...

When animals and humans explore their surrounding environment or complete specific tasks, their brains simultaneously support both their mental (i.e., cognitive) processes and physical movements. For ...

For the first time in two decades, the tiny New Holland mouse has been documented in Wollemi National Park, offering fresh ...

A new study finds that lab mice perform a suite of likely innate behaviors towards unconscious mice that help them revive faster.

Scheduled Feeding improved sleep/wake rhythms in the Fmr1 KO mutants.

This valuable study reports on the critical role of ANKRD5 (ANKEF1) in sperm motility and male fertility. However, the supporting data remain incomplete. This work will be of interest to biomedical ...

Ecologists set up tea strainers filled with peanut butter and oats in the Wollemi National Park to attract the species which has not been seen in the area for 20 years.

Every day, our brain makes thousands of decisions, big and small. Any of these decisions - from the least consequential such as picking a restaurant to the more important such as pursuing a different ...

In Greek mythology, a chimera is a grotesque hybrid. But chimeras are not just tales. Here's how some scientists have been ...