They also had to wait in their transport cage for a few minutes before entering Rat Park, their play area. This became our ...

Harry Houdini was a world-famous escape artist from the late 1890s until his death in 1926. Houdini the rat was a great ...

(Cherry) "Suspended tubes can save animals from drowning and, therefore, should be regarded as basic furniture rather than as enrichment items for mouse and rat cages. The added enrichment effect is ...

Eight giant African pouched rats were able to detect four wildlife samples from 146 non-target items during this four-year ...

In its mash-up of sports and entertainment, deadly serious bull rides and clowning riffs, hard hits and funny bits, there is ...

Researchers trained African giant pouched rats to detect illegally trafficked wildlife species and remember targets for several months. Image APOPO Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible ...

In one experiment, Kent Berridge attached a little metal stick to the rat cage that, when touched, delivered a minor electric shock. A normal rat learns, after one or two touches, to stay well ...

Who wants to catch rats and keep them? Research scientists? More bewildering, where does one release a rat once you catch it?

It’s a lot of work. The rat room has a strong, musky smell, both sweet and foul. Her scented candle doesn’t quite overpower it. Williams walks over to a large cage and picks out a fat gray rat ...

Cranston considers rat birth control and possums as possible strategies, while Providence is starting to use a liquid form of ...

If you have a pet rat, just remember to clean its cage regularly. Rats are social animals, so they can show affection just ...

He started with a normal cage that you can buy at the pet store to house rodents like hamsters and gerbils. But it couldn’t hold Houdini the rat. He learned how to use his nimble rat-fingers to ...