Rats are opportunistic foragers who get into trouble a lot. They like to chew, which tends not to end well for them. In our ...

Nearly all of the contracts are with the U.S. Army. The experimentation ranges from several drug toxicology tests on dogs to ...

The illness often begins with flu-like symptoms like fever, fatigue and muscle aches and can rapidly progress to severe ...

Hannah, a six year old chihuahua/rat terrier mix (right) and Toot-Toot, a four year old chihuahua mix (left)are up for ...

Rie Natsume and her collaborators have recently developed an innovative and cost-effective method for generating rats that ...

When it comes to domestic rat breeds, the first thing you must know is that, technically, they aren’t breeds. All domestic ...

A Northumberland woman has been banned from keeping animals for life after neglecting 11 domestic pet rats - some of whom had starved to death - as well as a range of ornamental fish.

We love our pets, but capturing their unique personalities in a single photograph can be challenging. The winners of the International Pet Photography Awards managed the impossible: catching dogs ...

Rat birth control is coming to Chicago's Wicker Park and Bucktown neighborhoods after being named the rattiest city in America by Orkin.

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A cruel pet owner who starved a litter of puppies and filmed a sickening Snapchat video torturing a rat has been allowed to keep his pets. SSPCA bosses have slammed Liam Fair's sentence after he ...

ABC News looks at New York City’s fight against rats as city officials and residents take matters into their own hands, uncovering new methods to curb the rat population.