Of mice and melodies: Research on language gene seeks to uncover the origins of the singing mouse
Friday, August 10, 2012 - 16:00
in Biology & Nature
Singing mice (Scotinomys teguina) are not your average lab rats. Their fur is tawny brown instead of the common white albino strain; they hail from the tropical cloud forests in the mountains of Costa Rica; and, as their name hints, they use song to communicate.