Mercado cut his teeth studying much larger animals than mice: his background is in humpback whale song, which led to him being invited by colleagues to study rodent USVs. Upon doing so ...
Peanut the Squirrel, a beloved pet who was an internet sensation before New York state officials confiscated and then killed it, is drawing even more social media attention after the rodent's death.
This new virus—named Gainesville rodent jeilongvirus 1—marks the first time that a virus of this type has been discovered in the U.S., according to a new paper in the journal Pathogens.