Science sometimes reveals surprising animal behaviors. Researchers have recently observed an unexpected behavior in mice: they seem to be capable of helping their unconscious peers. This ...

The study showed that mice reacting to unconscious peers acted instinctively in an emergency rather than out of curiosity.

Mice have been filmed by scientists attempting “first aid” on each other. Researchers from the University of Southern California drugged the rodents so they were immobilised and placed them near fully ...

New research suggests that helping injured companions may be more common in the animal kingdom than previously thought.

However, such anecdotal evidence was insufficient to confirm whether animals naturally engage in this behavior in emergency situations. After accidentally witnessing first-aid-like behavior in mice, ...

However, new research suggests that even small, seemingly less social creatures—like mice—exhibit first-aid behavior to help unconscious peers regain consciousness. A recent study led by ...

THIS is the moment a courageous mouse shows emergency-like responses by giving “mouse-to-mouse” CPR to a fellow rodent.

To Zhang, it almost seemed like the mouse was trying to revive its knocked-out partner with something like first aid. Such behaviors have been anecdotally observed in other species, like elephants ...

Humans may not be the only ones who aid their friends when they ... "But this study is the first time we're seeing a first responder-like behavior in mice." The study shows that mice tend to ...

Mice that were attended to woke up and started ... smelling salts or a slap to wake someone or performing basic first aid to ensure an unconscious person can breathe. Positioning an anaesthetised ...

The study also revealed that when an object was placed in an unconscious rodent's mouth, it was removed 80 per cent of the time by the mouse performing 'first aid'. Rodents who did not receive ...