When laboratory mice step out of their plastic cages and into real soil, their behavior changes so dramatically that it forces a rethink of what stress, health and even “normal” really mean. The story ...

For generations, laboratory mice have lived and died under fluorescent lights, their world reduced to plastic cages and standardized pellets. When researchers finally moved some of these animals into ...

A cage containing albino laboratory mice was one of more than 50 containers of the rodents stacked on shelves inside a clandestine lab discovered in a warehouse in downtown Reedley in December 2022.

A new study shows lab mice become less anxious after living outdoors, even reversing existing fear in just one week.

To measure mouse fear and anxiety, scientists use a classic tool called the “elevated plus maze.” It looks just like it ...

In a controlled experiment, researchers took lab mice and placed them in large, enclosed fields where they could roam freely and interact with natural elements such as grass and dirt. This experience ...

The government shutdown is likely to mean an early death for thousands of mice used in research on diseases such as diabetes, cancer and Alzheimer's. Federal research centers including the National ...

A Seton Hall University faculty member was suspended by the university after failing to provide mice in their research facility "with essential necessities needed to sustain life," ultimately leading ...

About 1,000 albino laboratory mice discovered earlier this year in a clandestine lab in Reedley were being kept in such “terrible” and “inhumane” conditions that they were apparently fighting and ...