DENZIL the degu is enjoying a new lease of life after he was rescued from the rubbish tip. The rodent from Chile was in a cage that had been put out for recycling and was discovered just as he was ...

Irvine, CA - December 19, 2022 – Led by researchers from the University of California at Irvine, a new study reveals that a long-lived Chilean rodent, called Octodon degus (degu), is a useful and ...

Led by researchers from the University of California at Irvine, a new study reveals that a long-lived Chilean rodent, called Octodon degus (degu), is a useful and practical model of natural sporadic ...

A species of rat has been spotted roaming in the wild in Malta, despite being endemic to central Chile. Over the weekend, eagle-eyed citizens spotted and photographed the Chilean rodent, better known ...

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The “UK’s loneliest degu” is looking for love this Valentine’s Day, following a series of rejections from fellow rodents. Three-year-old Greg arrived at the Blue Cross rehoming centre in Burford, ...

We examined the ways a small diurnal rodent, Octodon degus, copes with high environmental temperatures in a semiarid region in northcentral Chile. We hypothesized that degus are constrained in use of ...

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A new study reveals that a long-lived Chilean rodent, called Octodon degus (degu), is a useful and practical model of natural sporadic Alzheimer's Disease. Led by researchers from the University of ...