Rat and human lives have long intersected, but there's little relatively little research about them. Thanks to advances in ...

Today's health news includes the genetics of picky eating, new rules on research misconduct, and a Science issue devoted to ...

This is at least the third time an animal has been found abandoned in Colonial Heights in the last four months. On Friday, ...

Neuty the nutria became a tongue-in-cheek media sensation in 2023, escaping capture by wildlife agents with the help of ...

Editor’s note: This story contains descriptions and images of dogs hunting rats that could upset some ... 20-somethings regularly stoop down to pet him, not knowing that he has just been waist ...

A cruel pet owner swung his rat round by the tail to encourage one of his dogs to attack and kill it. Liam Fair faces being banned from keeping animals after he admitted a series of cruelty and ...

In fact, some New Yorkers are showing love for rats—so much so that they are adopting them as pets. One Brooklyn couple, Lili and Casey, has taken in three pet rats from the Brooklyn Cat Café ...

After an in-depth analysis of the genetic material from hundreds of swabs taken from the walls, floors, machines and drains ...

and the photos of the home show it full of trash and rat feces,” Moers added. “This baby lived in an absolute house of horrors along with his siblings and pet dog.” Calling the situation ...

Upon closer inspection, researchers noticed a few key differences in the snake’s morphology and identified it as a new species. Ptyas bachmaensis, or the Bach Ma green rat snake, is first ...

A South Carolina man is battling for his life in a hospital after he was bitten by an inland taipan — the most venomous snake ...

Kristi Noem shoots her puppy. Trolls accuse Tim Walz of faking his dog. The animal obsession is getting deranged ...