In 2014, a team of Dutch scientists set out to conduct an unusual experiment. They placed a hamster wheel in the wild to see ...

Caged mice aren't the only animals that enjoy a spin on the old exercise wheel. New video footage reveals wild mice, rats, and even frogs and slugs like running (or crawling) on wheels, too. These ...

The benefits of exercise for health are becoming increasingly clear. Wheel running is often used in the laboratory to study the effects of enhanced activity levels in rodents. The biological ...

Voluntary wheel running occurs in mice of all strains, sexes, and ages. Mice find voluntary wheel running rewarding, and it leads to numerous health benefits. For this reason wheels are used both to ...

Robust fitness appears to help the body exercise more while dehydrated. In A Nutshell Scientists removed water from ...

Some mice demonstrate excessive food-grinding behaviors in which food pellets are broken down into crumbs (orts). This is considered abnormal behavior and is undesirable in a research environment, as ...

A new research paper was published in Volume 17, Issue 10 of Aging-US on October 1, 2025, titled "L-β-aminoisobutyric acid (L-BAIBA) in combination with voluntary wheel running exercise enhances ...