One study found that rats emitted ultrasonic vocalizations when they were subjected to manual somatosensory stimulation, i.e., tickling. The results of this controversial research were published in ...

This surprising result reveals that naked mole rats and other species are capable of doing what it takes to survive.

These matriarchal rodents often have bloody succession wars to replace their queen. But in a colony in California, Queen Tere ...

Naked mole-rats also stick out for other reasons. They have a fairly long life-span, with some living up to 30 years, can thrive in dark and dank underground tunnels, do not feel inflammatory pain, ...

Researchers at the University of Richmond trained rats to drive miniature cars, uncovering surprising insights into their cognitive development and emotional well-being. The study equipped rats with ...

Rats are, in many ways, better adapted to cities than the humans that built them. While urbanites struggle with crowds, sparse parking spaces, and their upstairs neighbors stomping around at 4 a.m., ...

Pigs eat coal with relish, digest it with ease. As laboratory animals they are therefore incapable of shedding much light on human nutrition. Rats, on the other hand, have the same eating habits as ...

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 ...