Rats and mice get a bad rap for being dirty and invading our homes, but Hollywood moviemakers have a deep affection for these furry critters. To help with your Year of the Rat viewing, we’ve put ...

A wildlife attraction housing rare amphibians, lizards and snakes has suffered an attack by rats. Forestry England said rats had infiltrated the pods at the New Forest Reptile Centre near Lyndhurst.

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None of Cyril Ramaphosa's plans to tackle food poisoning address the root cause of the problem: rats and no refuse collection. It is commonly accepted that in certain African countries ...

Forget the cheese — these rats have a need for speed. Scientists teaching rats to drive have discovered that not only are the rodents capable of operating their tiny cars, but they actually ...

We may earn a commission from links on this page. Although cars made for rats are far from anything they would encounter in the wild, we believed that driving represented an interesting way to ...

The rat is a medium-sized rodent from the genus Rattus. Rattus norvegicus (brown rat) is a model vertebrate reared in the laboratory for studying subjects such as genetics, physiology, disease and ...

The scientists who taught rats to drive itty bitty cars are back at it again — and this time, they have even more insights about how much these rodents enjoy their unusual pastime. Lambert and ...

Worried Residents say their cars have been destroyed by rats escaping from a sewer sinkhole that has been left unrepaired by the council for six months. The unexpected vermin-filled pit at Manvers ...

We crafted our first rodent car from a plastic cereal container. After trial and error, my colleagues and I found that rats could learn to drive forward by grasping a small wire that acted like a ...

Scientists taught rats to drive to a certain destination, but the rodents took a detour, suggesting they enjoy both the journey and the rewarding destination. When you purchase through links on ...