The house mouse (Mus musculus) is one of the most common mammals worldwide. It can be found in all parts of the United States ...

This article was originally published with the title “ The Physiology of the House Mouse ” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 221 No. 4 (October 1969), p. 103 doi:10.1038 ...

The story of how (and why) the 'Great Bar Harbor fire' led to such a determined response is told in Karen Rader's interesting and valuable book on the rise of the laboratory mouse as a model ...