This may look like a normal mouse, but its chromosomes were modified by Li-Bin Wang and colleagues in a groundbreaking experiment. Rearrangements of chromosomes usually happen roughly every 1.6 per ...

Owls have a name for a white mouse on a black rock: "dinner." Scientific studies (not to mention simple logic) have shown that mice whose coloration doesn't match their surroundings are easier prey, ...

A new study suggests that the NOVA1 gene may have been a key player in the evolution of human language. By Carl Zimmer Scientists have long struggled to understand how human language evolved. Words ...

With its inquisitive eyes, furry snout, and lush pelt, the mouse—nicknamed Xiao Zhu, or Little Bamboo—nimbly perched on a bamboo stalk, striking a pretty pose for the camera. But this mouse doesn’t ...