The squeak of a mouse tells most people to buy a mousetrap, but it tells some researchers a lot more. According to an April 1 study in PLoS ONE, mouse noises indicate certain states of mind, and ...

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 ...

When you think of animals that sing, birds will certainly come to mind. Whales might, too. But mice? Or fish? It turns out mice and fish do sing, although "vocalizations" might be a more technically ...

People like to talk. We're unique in the animal kingdom in terms of how much we communicate and the kinds of information we discuss. Scientists are trying to understand how this special trait evolved ...