As expected, rats housed in enriched environments – complete with toys, space and companions – learned to drive faster than those in standard cages. This finding supported the idea that complex ...

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

Long-running Dutch post-punk outfit Rats On Rafts have announced a new era, and thus a new album: Deep Below. Following 2021’s Excerpts From Chapter 3: The Mind Runs A Net Of Rabbit Paths ...

Researchers trained 11 rats to sniff out elephant tusk and rhino horn, even when smugglers used common tricks such as using coffee grinds and washing powder to conceal their scents. Scientists say ...

APOPO says the rats can provide hope in the fight against wildlife trafficking. Species at risk include tigers which are killed for their skin and bones and elephants which are poached for their ...

Big Brother spoilers follow for the latest episode to air on ITV2. Big Brother transformed the housemates into rats for ...

While enormous rats might be many people's nightmare, these huge rodents could be a key weapon in the battle against the trading of illegal wildlife goods. African giant pouched rats can be ...

Rats, infamous for their unwelcome presence in gardens where they breed and scavenge, can easily make the leap from your garden to the inside of your house. These vermin are masters of concealment ...

And learning how to get rid of mice or how to get rid of rats can be a challenging and often expensive task at the best of times. Besides various, humane ways of trapping rodents, there is a more ...

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 ...

A prisoner released early and living on the streets has revealed how rats ate their way through his tent. Recovering heroin addict Luke Davies, 38, has been homeless in Bridgend county since he ...

His job is to help his handler Ulf Keller, to find and locate areas where wild rats and ferrets are by sniffing out their poop. Ferrets and rats are a threat to puffins and other seabirds who live ...