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 ...

Why is it that humans can talk but mice can’t? New research published in the journal Nature Communications found that it might be due to a specific gene. If you asked somebody what sound a mouse makes ...

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 ...

A new study shows that giving mice the human version of a gene changes their squeak, suggesting some of the genetic underpinnings of language. People like to talk. We're unique in the animal kingdom ...