It’s tiny, but this lab mouse could have a mammoth impact. With curly whiskers and wavy, light hair that grows three times longer than that of an ordinary lab mouse, the genetically modified rodent ...

Scientists discovered a new animal in Peru’s Andes, highlighting biodiversity gaps and the need for conservation in Río ...

While exploring the region around an archaeological site in the Peruvian Andes, researchers discovered a never-before-seen creature. The tiny, big-eyed marsupial — named Marmosa chachapoya — is a ...

A new marsupial species found in the Río Abiseo National Park, Marmosa chachapoya, contributes to the biological richness of ...

In a viral TikTok video, a tuxedo cat named Cruise finds a small mouse in the corner of the living room, what he does with it ...

That’s the rallying cry of Megan Phifer-Rixey’s biology lab at Drexel University in Philadelphia. She is seeking city mice — and their country cousins, too — to compare their DNA. Phifer-Rixey — who ...

When people get stressed, they often suffer hair loss. This condition, known as telogen effluvium, results from hair follicles going dormant. But the molecular cause of this switch is unknown. To ...

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