Rodents are usually stereotyped as furtive, gnawing, crop and foodstuff spoiling, small mammals with few redeeming qualities, and I would wager, if asked to describe a mouse, many people’s model would ...

Why it's awesome: The southern grasshopper mouse is a carnivore that's largely immune to scorpion venom, and howls at the moon before it kills like a tiny wolf. This mouse species is an extremely ...

When the grasshopper mouse attacks a bark scorpion, it barely notices the arachnid's intensely painful sting. Now researchers know why: the rodents have a mutation in the cellular pathway that ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A jaw-dropping new video shows a fuzzy little mouse as a fearsome fighter, attacking and killing ...

This little rodent chomps away at bark scorpions—the most venomous scorpion in the United States—without a care in the world. While humans suffer extreme pain, convulsions, and sometimes even death as ...

Move aside, honey badger. There’s a new contender for the most badass mammal: the southern grasshopper mouse. This little creature from the south-western USA attacks and eats bark scorpions—a group of ...

Resisting pain The discovery that a type of mouse feels no pain from scorpion venom has revealed a new strategy for developing pain-killing drugs. The grasshopper mouse can feast on bark scorpions ...

Before crunching into its prey, the grasshopper mouse howls. The sound is a high, sustained whistle which pierces the desert night. It is as if the rodent is imitating a wolf at miniature scale – the ...

The southern grasshopper mouse is a furry, brown and frankly kind of cute little rodent found in the deserts of the southwest United States and Mexico that looks pretty much like a regular house mouse ...

Southern grasshopper mouse survives in the desert Findings could offer ideas for designing painkillers with limited side effects Scorpion toxin links with nerve cells to somehow block pain The ...

It’s hard to appreciate the value of pain when we feel it, but most living things would not survive without it. Pain is a signal that something is causing harm to your body and that you need to take ...