HOUSTON – The problem with the mice with two fathers is that they're distractingly adorable. Sure, they're a mean feat of genetic engineering and a possible first step on the long road toward gay ...

Deep Squeak is the name of an artificial intelligence program that was designed to detect the high-frequency "squeaks" mice and rats make when they are stressed. But a new application of the ...

A new contender for a human 'language gene' can change the way that mice squeak when it is incorporated into their DNA. The gene is called NOVA1, and in our own species, it is remarkably unique. While ...

Mickey Mouse may have kept quiet during his early days on the silver screen, but his lab counterparts seem to have a penchant for song. That's the finding in an analysis of the ultrasonic sounds made ...

Across the many thousands of movies, TV shows, comic books, video games, Broadway musicals, and more that Disney has produced over the past century, the iconic brand has produced countless beloved ...

Researchers at Duke University have isolated a cluster of neurons in a mouse's brain that are crucial to making the squeaky, ultrasonic 'songs' a male mouse produces when courting a potential mate. In ...