Now, a study led by Assistant Professor Masamitsu Sone and Professor Yoshifumi Yamaguchi of the Hokkaido University, Japan, has identified a key gene that helps hibernating Syrian hamsters (golden ...

Syrian hamsters (also known as golden hamsters ... Most believe hamsters do this when the litter is too big to make sure they have the resources necessary for the remaining babies. While some are ...

Animal care technicians at Georgia State University observed a series of peracute deaths in a colony of 210 Syrian hamsters. Thirty-five animals residing in three animal rooms (two rooms in one ...

European hamsters are a much larger relative of Syrian or dwarf hamsters that are kept widely as pets. Human influence on the hamsters' habitats is being investigated as the cause of the species ...