Rat infestation in many world cities appears to be soaring, especially in Washington, and a new study blames warming temperatures, urbanization and other human actions. A first-of-its-kind examination ...

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May 2 -- They can run, climb, jump, turn right and left — all at the touch of a button. These aren't the latest gadgets in high-tech toys, but living and breathing rats — designed and trained to ...

The identity of the miscreant responsible for a rodent-shaped hole in a Chicago sidewalk is not the beastie everyone thought it was. After careful examination of all the facts and evidence, a team of ...

Scientists have long been fascinated by naked mole rats. Nearly hairless, with tiny eyes and massive front teeth, the small, wrinkly, pink rodents live in large, underground colonies in eastern Africa ...

If you think laughter and comedy are reserved strictly for humans, you’d be wrong. A study in the late 1990s showed that creatures like rats emit ultrasonic vocalizations while playing with or ...

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Scientists, not content to let a not-so-living legend lie, have determined that the viral Chicago "rat hole" was probably actually made by a different kind of rodent. Researchers published an article ...

(CNN) — Few city rats have left their mark on the public consciousness — and the urban landscape — like the one responsible for the famed “Chicago rat hole.” (“Pizza Rat” is a notable exception.) But ...

Rats can be taught to play hide and seek — and they squeal with joy when they win, scientists have found. Both wild and domesticated animals have been known to play, but neuroscientists from Berlin's ...

Scientists have long been fascinated with the age-defying abilities of the African rodent, which spends its life in large colonies underground. Previous work has hit on clues as to why the naked ...