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Last year, ecologists placed trail cameras around Kosciuszko National Park in New South Wales, Australia. According to ...

In the Andes Mountains of northern Peru, a long-tailed mammal with a “facial mask” moved through the undergrowth. Suddenly, ...

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Home Alone will feel right at home with Mouse Hunt — the remastered 1997 comedy delivers a similar tone, physical gags, and ...

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Why do mice have tails? The answer to this is not as simple as you might think. New research from the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST) has shown that there’s more to the humble ...

"Mice are ubiquitous in neuroscience because of their genetic, biological and behavioral similarity to us, and yet the role of their characteristic tail has remained elusive," explains Dr ...

In contrast, house mice are smaller, with their body and tail length ranging from 5.5 to 7.5 inches (13.97 to 19.05 centimetres).