"Although cars made for rats are far from anything they would encounter in the wild, we believed that driving represented an ...

We crafted our first rodent car from a plastic cereal container. After trial and error, my colleagues and I found that rats ...

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

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

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

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

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 ...

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

Rodents have made their way onto two recent flights. Here's what to do—and not do. Have you ever seen a rat, or any type of rodent, on an airplane? This was my go-to conversation opener at each ...

On a recent afternoon, a rat squeaked and darted from side to side in a metal trap in his backyard. “He’s a big boy,” Taraksian said, peering into the cage. “But I’ve seen twice as big.” ...