Eliminating certain gut bacteria causes mice to binge-eat foods high in sugar. The corresponding study was published in Current Biology. “The gut microbiome has been shown to influence many behaviors ...

Even children learn from numerous books and cartoons that cheese is a real treat for mice and that they are sometimes even responsible for the holes in the cheese. PETBOOK clarifies what is true about ...

Various parts of our brain affect different behaviors. Scientists tested a particular area of the cerebellum in mice to see how it affects eating. Activation of specific neurons will limit how much ...

Researchers studied brainstem activity of mice while the animals were awake and eating. Susanne Ludwig / 500px via Getty Images As animals eat, brain activity tells them when to stop. In a recent ...

Carla Green, Victoria Acosta-Rodriguez and Joseph Takahashi pose for a photo by the computer that controls and monitors the "automated feeders” they use to feed mice as part of their experiment at UT ...

When you think of mice, you might picture them nibbling on pieces of cheese — not chowing down on monarch butterflies. But that’s exactly what’s happening in the Pismo State Beach Monarch Butterfly ...

Watching others eat tasty foods may lead to overeating, even in the absence of hunger, according to a new mouse study being presented Monday at ENDO 2025, the Endocrine Society's annual meeting in San ...