Lab mice that 'touch grass' are less anxious — and that highlights a big problem in rodent research

Mice that experience the real world may be better models for human mental health conditions, compared with lab mice that ...
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Scientists freed lab mice into the wild, and the result was shocking

When scientists opened the doors of a research facility and let carefully bred lab mice loose into a fenced field, they expected skittish, fragile animals to struggle. Instead, the mice rapidly shed ...
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Study Identifies Key Behavioral Differences Between Lab and Wild-Derived Mice

New research suggests that the commonly used ‘lab mouse’ may display behaviors entirely distinct from their wild-derived counterparts, prompting new considerations for the future of animal-based ...
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Female lab mice behave very differently when placed outdoors

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 ...
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You’re not a lab mouse, but you might be a wild mouse

The lab mice we use for genetic studies are not only closely related, but live out their whole lives in a sterile environment, so they don’t tell us everything we need to know about actual humans. The ...
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Hotter weather thickens the blood of wild mammals: in a world first we traced this in African striped mice using 12 years’ worth of blood samples

Lindelani Makuya receives funding from CNRS. She works for the CNRS. Antoine Stier is affiliated with the CNRS and the University of Turku Carsten Schradin receives funding from the CNRS, CNRS SE-Life ...
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Female lab mice behave very differently when placed outdoors

ITHACA, N.Y. – A new Cornell University study is the first to examine social behavior of lab mice in large outdoor enclosures. The research, published in the journal BMC Biology, took lab mice and ...