Consider the Squirrel
Over 150 years ago, squirrels were imported from the countryside as a way to beautify our urban parks. They taught us important lessons about charity and compassion. And then we turned on them.
Browsing Tag
Rodents
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A Ghost Town’s Second Life as a Climate Refuge for Rodents
Why are ground squirrels thriving in the former gold mining town of Bodie, California?
The Joy of “Few-Toothed” Rats
Ed Yong’s piece on non-chewing rats would have been good fodder for our rodent-related Today in Mice: On the Indonesian…
A Long, Naked, Cancer-Free Life
Biologists have discovered a gene that may keep naked mole rats cancer-free, a finding they hope can have implications with humans.
New Rat Species Nose Their Way Into Menageries
Even as species disappear at an accelerating rate, intrepid researchers are finding rodents previously unknown to science.
Working Mice Spun From Skin Cells
In demonstrating that embryonic stem cells may not be the experimental bottleneck as they are often seen, researchers have created live mice from mouse skin.
Leading Immunologist Argues Against Mice Models
Stop the presses: What’s this? A leading immunologist (at least, that’s what they call him) at Stanford University…