This chance encounter led the Yellow-Rumped Leaf-Eared Mouse to be crowned the highest-living mammal ... lower-altitude pikas will climb higher to cool down. For most animals, migration to higher ...

What gives an Australian finch its brilliantly colored red, yellow or orange bill? A major new study has uncovered the ...

With their ear-like tufts and front-facing bright yellow eyes, great horned owls make adorable stuffed animals and are ...

A mouse gives birth to identical-twin sisters. One has brown fur and will grow up to be lean and healthy; the other has yellow fur and ... of second genome that all animals have, including humans.

It's as though time stood still,' says Kai. 'Who were they? What was their daily life like?' The routine of the yellow-necked mouse, though, was easy to work out. 'I scattered nuts among a group of ...

The yellow agouti mouse has been a great animal model with which to study epigenetics and fetal programming. Recently, it has also been used to show that dietary factors can prevent the agouti ...

Colors are widely used in communication within and among animal species. For example, peacocks proudly display their vibrant ...

But while we’re busy chasing “bigger,” we're overlooking a very rich and varied part of the ecosystem — yes, we’re talking about the world’s smallest animals ... They thrive in oak woodlands, yellow ...

It was then proved that a mixture of mouse brains and serum from human beings who had recovered from yellow fever was a safe vaccine. But enough such serum for wholesale vaccination is impossible ...

Patients with Huntington’s disease have a genetic mutation that triggers proteins to misfold and clump together in the brain.

The mechanics of how memories form, strengthen, and weaken over time have largely been a mystery. Now, emerging research ...

A recent study finds that color vision evolved in animals more than 100 million years before the emergence of colorful fruits and flowers. And there has been a dramatic explosion of color signals in ...