Across the animal world, some species decline rapidly after reaching adulthood while others stay active and healthy for years ...

Credit: Shutterstock A wild mouse with an unusually long life may reveal clues to healthy aging. Aging is often treated as an unavoidable biological process, but evolution tells a more complicated ...

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Scientists have zeroed in on brain circuitry powering the desire of spiny mice to live in large groups, opening the door to a new model for the study of complex social behaviors in mammals. "To our ...

Today, only one species of the spiny dormouse survives, in southern India. However, the oldest spiny dormouse in evolutionary history, a member of the rodent family, was found in sediment dating back ...

Spiny mice are known for their ability to heal severe skin wounds without so much as a scar. Now, researchers reporting in the journal iScience on November 3, have discovered that they also can ...

Two genus in particular show off the incredible variety of color, shape, and pattern that orb-weavers are capable of wearing. Jaymi Heimbuch is a writer and photographer specializing in wildlife ...