Rats, on the other hand, invoke terror, are believed to spread disease, and are generally vilified despite not being all that dissimilar to mice. So what’s the difference between these two gnawing ...

Rats and mice are often confused due to their similar appearance and shared rodent characteristics. However, they exhibit distinct differences in size, behaviour, and habitat preferences.

With millions of mice and rats in US labs alone, scientists can learn a lot of information from their scurrying test subjects ...

Figure 3: Running-wheel activity records of Nile grass rats, degus, and domestic mice. Observations in the ... in the laboratory (Fig. 3). The difference may be due to daily variations in food ...