black guard hairs. The underparts are creamy white. Large individuals may weigh as much as 26 g (10.9 oz.). Brighter colors, fewer teeth, and the white-tipped tail (the white hair absent) ...

the length of guard hairs, and the waviness and density and texture of that hair,” Shapiro says. Then they found three genes within the mouse genome involved in those same pathways in mice and ...

When observed under a microscope, guard hairs from mice resemble optical sensors used in thermal cameras to detect heat, according to a new study. Amanda was an associate editor at The Scientist, ...