Scientists from Leiden University Medical Centre in the Netherlands filmed wild mice using an outdoor wheel for three years to analyse their behaviour They found the behaviour is natural even if ...

In captivity too, the rodents need room for movement and ways to hide and build nests. Mice have a lively social life. They communicate mainly through sounds and smells. Depending on the food supply, ...

In the wild, these reptiles are known to feed on ... Most snake and lizard keepers don’t like feeding their pets live mice because of ethical concerns. Adding a living mouse to a snake pen ...

Some scientists consider the differences between wild and laboratory mice to be so great that the laboratory animals should be classified as a separate species dubbed Mus laboratorius. Wild mice and ...

Seeing this behaviour in wild mice might be hard, says Márquez. “Mice are prey animals that often do not live in big groups, thus usually they will hide quite well from us humans. But [the fact ...