How do predators use their vision to both navigate through the terrain while tracking prey running for its life? Pursuing ...

For pet and lab mice, running wheels are a common feature, often used to encourage exercise. However, some scientists have argued that mice only run on these wheels because they live in cages and that ...

Researchers found first strain of henipavirus in North America. What you need to know about new virus in wild animals that ...

Researchers found first henipavirus strain in North America. What you need to know about new virus in wild animals living in ...

The challenge of pursuit By reconstructing what predatory mammals see when they chase prey researchers have discovered that saccades align the retina to world motion and not the actual thing they are ...

When sitting still, eye saccades are used to track targets of interest but how are saccades used when pursuing prey while simultaneously navigating through complex environments? To solve this question ...

Check the cassette collection of any DIY rat who’s lived in Portland long enough and you’ll probably find a few releases from ...

How do predators use their vision to both navigate through the terrain whilst tracking prey running for its life? Pursuing ...

these shrews are about 4 inches long and weigh about an ounce. They're insectivores in the same family of animals as moles, and they aren't rodents like mice or rats. They spend most of their time ...

Cell biologist Maksim Plikus and his team at the University of California, Irvine, recently described cartilage cells in the ears of small mammals—mice, shrews, bats and rats, among others ...

With their adorable smiles and cheeky disposition, Australia’s super cute quokkas are known as the ‘happiest animal in the world’. Early Dutch explorers mistook these sweet little marsupials for ...