The Peromyscus maniculatus lives in densely vegetated prairies. Dawn Marsh/Creative Commons Science & Tech You’re a deer mouse, and bird is diving at you. What to do? Depends. Neural study shows how evolution prepared two species to adopt different survival strategies to take advantage of native habitats Kermit Pattison Harvard Staff Writer July 23, 2025 6 min read For a mouse, survival in the wild often boils down to one urgent question: flee or freeze? The best strategy depends on which m...
