After pinpointing the area a mouse deer was most likely to be spotted, the scientists were able to track the animal down in the wild. The team first set up three camera traps in early 2018, with ...

Two closely-related species of deer mice have evolved very different responses to aerial predators thanks to tweaks in deep brain circuitry.

Researchers have identified a neural switch in the brain’s dorsal periaqueductal gray that determines whether mice flee or freeze in response to threats. The switch is tuned by evolution depending on ...