Steve Inskeep and Renee Montagne report on new research that shows the mechanism through which mice and rats squeak is similar to a supersonic jet engine. MONTAGNE: That really is the squeak of a ...
Could singing mice knock songbirds off their perch when it comes to neurobiology research? Birds are a great model for human learning, but their brains lack the higher structures common to mammals. So ...
When you think of animals that sing, birds will certainly come to mind. Whales might, too. But mice? Or fish? It turns out mice and fish do sing, although "vocalizations" might be a more technically ...
MONTAGNE: That really is the squeak of a mouse. Some researchers tried to find out just how they did it. ELENA MAHRT: We had an idea of some work done in the '70s. MONTAGNE: Graduate student Elena ...