Shortly before Hurricane Ivan slammed into the Gulf Coast on Sept. 16, 2004, wreaking havoc across Alabama, Florida, and Virginia, a few employees of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission hurried to the beach and scooped up eight tiny rodents.
Researchers from the University of Vanderbilt have shown that aggression is just as rewarding as sex, food, and drugs – although not, we assume, in that order.
Welcome to Miller-McCune’s new blog, Today In Mice, a round-up of research news from the fields of behavioral science, psychology, and neuroscience, with a healthy dose of genetics and the cognitive sciences thrown in.
Researchers suggest the rush to the front of the primary line may be the best strategy, while grouping together with your neighbors isn’t nearly as useful.
More than 20 years of published articles on performance-enhancing drugs have ranged from identifying the damage the drugs have on the individual to the damage they have on society as a whole.
While geographer Alan Grainger has upset conventional wisdom by suggesting the world's tropical forests are not shrinking, he sees his research as a clarion call.