Rats and mice have a very strong sense of smell - which is why they have been known to stay away from certain scents. Here ...

Switching on those cells while subjecting the animal to a mild shock in a new environment caused the mouse to fear the original environment, even though it had had no unpleasant experiences there. In ...

Rats and mice may have poor vision, but they have a heightened sense of smell. Thankfully, there are a number of smells that ...

"When these specific nerve cells were inhibited, the mice froze for a longer time when they anticipated an electric shock," explains Hou. This suggests they were experiencing more fear than peers ...

Paralyzing fear might be the key to keeping patients alive, a study of mice suggests, according to a team of researchers at Kansai Medical University. Mice exposed to the “smell of fear” were ...

Is it possible that some people really don't know the meaning of the word fear? A new strain of risk-taking mice is helping scientists study the genetic foundations that underlie the brain's ...

Alden’s obsession with making homemade root beer and his fear of mice, stemming from an incident at summer camp, is all completely ridiculous, and yet it’s fully fleshed out and incorporated into the ...

Pest control experts have shared how to keep rats and mice away from any property with one natural product they 'fear' ...

Who doesn’t love a solid, reliable elephant? A favorite of children’s storybooks, endearing for their supposed fear of mice, and endlessly entertaining with those funky trunks. Now ...

Mice and rats have a poor sense of vision which means their other senses are heightened - including their sense of smell.

When mice come across the scent of this essential oil, they “associate it with danger and fear”. As a result, they’ll “avoid areas” where it’s present or try to “stay away from it ...