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  1. Fist-fighting mice crack up commuters in London Underground

    This match was a real squeaker! Things got hairy in the London Underground when two mice were spotted…
    #EuropeSays #Britain #Europe #EU #London #Animals #rodents #subways #usnews #Worldnews
    europesays.com/britain/116311/

  2. What would you do if you found these two cuties in your corn? 🌽🐭

    They’re not pests. They’re simply animals trying to survive, just like us. 💚

    #mice #rodents #mouse

  3. 💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: 🐻🏔️ In the first #FatMarmotWeek, eight yellow-bellied #marmots in #Colorado competed to bulk up before #hibernation.

    A public vote crowned Dawn the winner for gaining 2 kg (4.5 lbs) and reaching 5.9 kg (13 lbs). The Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory’s Marmot Project hosted the event to offset #research funding cuts, inspired by #Alaska’s #FatBearWeek.

    👉 npr.org/2026/08/30/nx-s1-59456

    #wildlife #science #rockymountains #animals #rodents #nature #biology #winter

  4. Today was round two of MRP (Mouse Relocation Program). So far I've found new homes for four field mice that have found a home in my Prius.

    Evidently, Prius' are well known for being rather "permeable", when it comes to rodents.

    #Mice #Rodents #Prius

  5. Mal wieder #Gartenschläfer am der Futtertheke. Diesmal scheint es ein echter Schisser zu sein. Man merkt den Unterschied zwischen den Jungspunden, welche Null Angst vor Lissy haben und den dicken älteren Gesellen, welche vorsichtig und wieselflink vorgehen. #dormouse #rodents

  6. A #wildlife photographer from Sheffield has built a house in his #garden for mice.

    Simon Dell, from Hackenthorpe, said he found them running around in his back garden and did not want them to be eaten by neighbouring cats.

    He decided to build a log house and playground for the #mice, which he named George, Mildred and Mini - their baby - and the #rodents eat berries and nuts he collects on walks.
    #mouse

    bbc.com/news/av/uk-england-sou

  7. 💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: 🏔️🐭 Researchers collected 167 Andean leaf-eared #mice from sea level to the #volcano summits of the central #Andes, over 6,700 meters up, then exposed them to simulated thin air in the lab.

    The highland mice turned out to use #oxygen more efficiently in their skeletal #muscle and generate more body heat than their lowland relatives. Genome sequencing also showed adaptations for detoxifying toxins in the very #plants they eat.

    👉 news.mongabay.com/short-articl

    #adaptation #wildlife #biology #science #evolution #ecology #mammals #nature #extremophiles #genetics #rodents

  8. ‘OnlyMarms’: #Marmots Are on #OnlyFans to Raise Money for #Research

    Marmots are large, squirrel-like #rodents with sharp claws and furry ears. Faced with federal #funding cuts, #marmot #researchers have posted videos of the animals on the site OnlyFans to raise money.
    #onlymarms

    nytimes.com/2026/07/25/science

  9. 💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: 🐭🧪 Naked mole-rat queens secrete a chemical called isopropyl myristate that suppresses fertility in rivals.

    Researchers in #Berlin found the compound, which remains stable on tunnel surfaces for roughly 24 hours, works as a non violent alternative to bullying. The scent alone prevented breeding and colony takeovers even when the #queen was removed.

    👉 arstechnica.com/science/2026/0

    #nakedmolerats #pheromones #biology #animals #behavior #science #reproduction #maxdelbrückcenter #neurobiology #olfaction #rodents #nature #chemistry

  10. Genetic analysis of 147 house mice and 143 Norway rats from New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Washington D.C. found the 84% of mice and 35% of rats had mutations in a gene that affects the efficacy of anticoagulant pesticides. This is consistent with exterminators' observations of reduced susceptibility in some populations.

    Summary: scitechdaily.com/urban-rodents

    Original paper: scijournals.onlinelibrary.wile

    #Science #Evolution #Rodents #Mice #Rates #Rodenticides

  11. I haven't shared my gerbils on Mastadon yet hang on let me fix that - here's Bennies and the Jet!
    🐁 🐁 🐁
    (The black-eyed one is Jet, and I finally accepted I can't tell the other two apart, so they're both named Benny.
    Benjamin, Benedict, and Jettison, if you prefer to address them as tiny gentlemen who happen to love trash)
    #gerbils #rodents