Plus, albino animals may be targeted by trophy hunters and poachers. When most Australians think of rodents, they think of invasive species such as black rats or house mice (stinky pests sneaking ...

There have been a few rare cases of albino monkeys as well. When sequencing Snowflake’s genes, researchers discovered that his albinism was due to the same mutant gene that causes mice ...

Jorrit Montijn, Valentina Rugiccini and their colleagues, under the supervision of Alexander Heimel, have now demonstrated in albino mice that the cells in this brain area are no longer selective ...

Li Zhang has anesthetized a lot of mice in his research career. Several years ago, the University of Southern California neuroscientist's team began noticing that sometimes, when they placed an ...

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe asks Li Zhang, professor of physiology and neuroscience at USC's Keck School of Medicine, how mice perform first aid on each other. The instinct to help a fellow creature runs ...