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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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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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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Lab mice released into nature reveal a lesson you won’t forget

When laboratory mice step out of their plastic cages and into real soil, their behavior changes so dramatically that it forces a rethink of what stress, health and even “normal” really mean. The story ...
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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 ...