Even a pet rat can be cute as evidenced by one submission in last year’s Precious Pet Photo contest that benefits the Benton Women’s Club.

Rather than rats in general, this is about a type of native wildlife called woodrats. The other type of rats, the common Norway rats, are an introduced animal that originated in northern China and ...

With millions of mice and rats in US labs alone, scientists can learn a lot of information from their scurrying test subjects ...

The Bieber crew is all in on Halloween as a family of three! Model and entrepreneur Hailey Bieber showed fans on Instagram ...

Hailey Bieber posted a photo of her 2-month-old son Jack Blues in a skeleton onesie on Instagram on Nov. 1. The snap featured ...

Researchers have trained African giant pouched rats to sniff out tuberculosis and explosives in the past. And they have now expanded the rodents' scent repertoire to detect illegally trafficked animal ...

Giant African pouched rats have been trained to sniff out explosives and tuberculosis. Now, the rats show promise in another area: combatting the illegal wildlife trade.

Non-profit APOPO says it has trained rats to sniff out elephant tusks, rhino horns, pangolin scales and other wildlife ...

Animal Use Protocol is a newly-revealed, atmospheric survival horror game that puts you in the shoes of a chimpanzee with a ...

Rodents have made their way onto two recent flights. Here's what to do—and not do. Have you ever seen a rat, or any type of rodent, on an airplane? This was my go-to conversation opener at each ...

Swimming in toilets, scurrying through backyards and even interfering with a local badminton game — rats are once again plaguing part of the city, this time on one street in Old Ottawa East. Like ...