It is a relief that horror movies are works of fiction, because if they were not, we would stand no chance of surviving, especially given how we react when a rat starts chasing us. This video is a ...

African giant pouched rats, which have previously been trained to sniff out buried mines and detect tuberculosis, are now being used to stop smuggling in Tanzania, The Guardian reported. Endangered ...

While Bran Castle, commonly known as Dracula’s Castle could have been used, Eggers and Lathrop settled on Corvin Castle in Hunedoara, Romania. Its crumbling exterior fit exactly what they were looking ...

Giant African rats may soon be the key to fighting illegal wildlife trafficking. New research from nonprofit APOPO, published Oct. 29, shows that African giant pouched rats can be trained to identify ...

Thousands of pounds of drug evidence were potentially affected by a rat infestation in the Houston Police Department's narcotics evidence vault, according to new photos and emails obtained by ABC13.

Rats have gotten a bad reputation over the years for being dirty, garbage-eating carriers of disease. But these ubiquitous rodents are also clever and capable of learning complex tasks, even using ...

Nosferatu has no shortage of harrowing human performances, but let’s be honest — this movie’s many, many rat actors are the ones who make our skin crawl. A physical manifestation of Count Orlok’s ...

Rats with naturally high stress levels were far more likely to self-administer cannabis when given access. Behavioral testing showed that baseline stress hormones were the strongest predictor of ...

A pair of NYC rats were caught on video locking lips inside a Kips Bay restaurant window in what looked like an oddly tender moment — that experts said was anything but. Kips Bay resident Jack ...

The incredible tale of an unlikely pair of best friends. — -- Behold, the incredible tale of Peanut the rat and Ranj the cat, an unlikely pair of best friends. The little rat and orange tabby cat ...

A new study shows that Polynesian rats, not humans, were responsible for the deforestation at Rapa Nui, contrary to popular ...