Tracking and modeling mouse movements during the platform walking task. Ipsilateral movements (IL) refer to the tail being on the same side as the tilt direction, while contralateral (CL) movements ...

Why do mice have tails? The answer to this is not as simple as you might think. New research from the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST) has shown that there's more to the humble mouse ...

Researchers just discovered that the spiny mouse was concealing bony plates beneath the skin over its tail. By Asher Elbein At first it looks like a slightly more hairy rodent. But the spiny mouse’s ...

The spiny mouse is an unassuming rodent, but it’s armed with a very special tail. CT scans show the tail is sheathed in a secret blanket of bony plates. Before the scans, only one other group of ...