Non-profit APOPO is training rodents to search the rubble of disaster zones for survivors. Wearing tiny, high-tech backpacks, it hopes to help first responders communicate with and find survivors.

Scientists at the University of Richmond teaching rats to drive have discovered that not only are the rodents capable of operating their tiny cars, but that they actually enjoy it.

The rat bag is a black garbage bag that the Ratscallions tote around in a wagon, along with a first-aid kit and water for their dogs. After a dog kills a rat, a member of the group will put on ...

Following one of the first public screenings of the film, Eggers discussed the scene in a conversation with Guillermo del Toro, saying, “If there are rats in the foreground, they’re real, and ...

As Suzanne Reisman explains on her Garbage and Rats in NYC walking tour, “If you are in New York or any major city, you are probably standing near rats having sex at any given time.” ...

Scientists taught rats to drive – now they love getting behind the wheel. Rats’ behaviour offers profound lesson on potential ‘key to a healthy brain’, scientist says ...

The rats Perkes has been dealing with aren’t your cute little pet rats or mice. They’re the big, invasive Norway rats that have bedeviled cities like New York and Los Angeles for decades.

Rat and human lives have long intersected, but there's relatively little research about them. Thanks to advances in genomics and paleoarcheology, a lot more study may be on the horizon.

Rats can not only wreak havoc in your garden, but they can also spread harmful diseases, and the problem can escalate if they infiltrate your home.While traps or poison are commonly used to ...

Ronin, who is 5 years old and was born in Tanzania, is much larger than your average pet rat. He is more than 2 feet long – about the length of a cat – and weighs 2.6 pounds, according to APOPO.

The rats also taught me something profound one morning during the Covid-19 pandemic. It was the summer of 2020, a period marked by emotional isolation for almost everyone on the planet, even ...