Neuroscientists at the University of Richmond teach rats how to drive to study how their brains process happy feelings.

Learning to drive small cars helps rats feel less stressed, scientists found. Researchers at the University of Richmond in the US taught a group of 17 rats how to drive little plastic cars ...

James Grant/BBC Olga Ngoma said the rat problem was causing her anxiety Ms Ngoma has lived at the property for 11 years and has never had an issue with rats before. Pest controllers have visited ...

Director Robert Eggers and star Bill Skarsgård, discuss the making-of one of this year’s most anticipated horrors – and their deepest, darkest fears.

Even so, they spend most of their lives in a state of extreme anxiety, the black rats dreading the brown and both species dreading human beings. Away from their nests, they are usually on the edge ...

People living with rats are more likely to have anxiety and depression, and rats carry diseases that can spread well beyond an infested city block. Last year, the city reported a record 24 cases ...