Colossal Biosciences blends holiday cheer and genetic breakthroughs in a cozy new video starring a woolly mouse.

Mouse sperm could win awards for resilience. Sperm freeze-dried and sent into space for months of exposure to high levels of solar radiation later produced healthy baby mice, researchers report May 22 ...

An extraordinary new study has detailed the development of a nearly complete mouse embryo – with muscles, blood vessels and a tiny beating heart – grown in a lab dish out of stem cells. The research ...

In the movie Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, scientists erase troubling memories from Jim Carrey’s head. In real life, scientists have done the opposite. By reactivating certain nerve cells, ...

The quest to resurrect the woolly mammoth on Earth has taken another, well, small step with the creation of the Colossal Woolly Mouse. The lab-engineered rodents have seven genes that have been ...

An African mouse's ability to regenerate body parts may have implications for medical treatment in humans, according to a recent study by UF researchers. The African spiny mouse can regenerate ...

A three-year project to create a detailed 3D 'atlas' of the brain of a lab mouse is now finished. The resulting model will help scientists better understand the effects of treatments and testing ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Scientists have produced rudimentary mouse sperm from stem cells in the laboratory, a step that may lead to a treatment for infertile men. If the technique pans out in people, doctors ...

A yellow-rumped mouse is spotted at the top of a 22,000-foot volcano in the Andes. "This astonishing elevation shows to what extremes life is capable of." Journalist Bonnie Burton writes about movies, ...

A simple inbred rodent became one of the most important—and flawed—subjects in the history of science. Next up for the lab mouse: helping to reprogram the human genome. In 1957, a new medicine ...

You know the feeling: the dryness in the mouth, the stickiness in the throat and the creeping salivation — thirst. But what causes feelings of thirst in the brain? In a new study, scientists used ...

A white-footed city mouse scampering around the urban parks of New York City may look identical to his country cousins living in the rural forests just a few miles away, but genetically they are ...