“We were not expecting what we found in females.” The female C57 mice demonstrated completely distinct social behavior from their wild-derived counterparts, with more interconnected social ...

the scientists managed to reinstate traits typical of wild mice, which were lost through the domestication process and are absent in laboratory strains, including those pertaining to behavior ...

For a mouse in the wild, spotting aerial predators -- like ... to the brain -- "but the missing piece was mouse behavior: What do mice do with their vision?" Yilmaz, under the supervision of ...

This unexpected behavior sparked our curiosity ... Although it remains unclear how these behaviors manifest in the wild, the observation that mice display instinctive helping behaviors suggests ...

Nest-building is a normal behavior for mice in the wild that is usually not seen in lab mice. Garner theorized that laboratory mice, like mice in the wild, would build nests for warmth. The ...

Lots of scientific studies have depended on that behavior to test the effects of ... When scientists stuck a wheel out in nature, wild mice ran on it just like their captive counterparts do.

Not only did wild house mice run on the wheel, but so did rats, shrews, frogs, slugs, and snails. “When I saw the first mice, I was extremely happy,” Meijer told The New York Times. “I had to laugh ...

“When we analyze behavior types, we often actually are ... to identify genetic mutants and distinguish them from wild types? —mice with genetics as they appear in nature.