Mice that experience the real world may be better models for human mental health conditions, compared with lab mice that never leave their cages, a study hints.

When laboratory mice step out of their plastic cages and into real soil, their behavior changes so dramatically that it forces a rethink of what stress, health and even “normal” really mean. The story ...

Dozens of laboratory mice allowed to roam a large outdoor enclosure returned to a typical level of mouse anxiety after just one week, researchers observed, suggesting that 'rewilding' may prevent ...

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

The Jackson Laboratory, a nonprofit biomedical research institution in Bar Harbor, has developed a high-tech system for monitoring mice the lab uses to study human disease. The lab has partnered with ...

Mice housed in standard cages show impaired brain development, abnormal repetitive behaviours (stereotypies) and an anxious behavioural profile, all of which can be lessened by making the cage ...

A new study has examined social behavior of lab mice in large outdoor enclosures. A new Cornell University study is the first to examine social behavior of lab mice in large outdoor enclosures. The ...