Researchers studied brainstem activity of mice while the animals were awake and eating. Susanne Ludwig / 500px via Getty Images As animals eat, brain activity tells them when to stop. In a recent ...

It can be hard to figure out the best way to feed your pet snake, especially when they refuse regular pink or fuzzy mice. Unfortunately, not all snakes are satisfied with thawed prey, and this places ...

Making decisions is hard. Even when we know what we want, our choice often leaves something else on the table. For a hungry mouse, every morsel counts. But what if the decision is more consequential ...

Eliminating certain gut bacteria causes mice to binge-eat foods high in sugar. The corresponding study was published in Current Biology. “The gut microbiome has been shown to influence many behaviors ...

Even children learn from numerous books and cartoons that cheese is a real treat for mice and that they are sometimes even responsible for the holes in the cheese. PETBOOK clarifies what is true about ...

If you were to encounter the northern pygmy mouse in the wild, you might not think twice about it. However, this little creature is unique — it's the smallest rodent in the world, according to ...

Carla Green, Victoria Acosta-Rodriguez and Joseph Takahashi pose for a photo by the computer that controls and monitors the "automated feeders” they use to feed mice as part of their experiment at UT ...

Mice are small rodents that are part of the mammal family Muridae. You've probably spotted one before, so you'll recognize their pointy ears, small eyes, whiskers, and long tail. But there are many ...