There are 56 species of rats, but only one is kept a pet: the domesticated brown rat (Rattus norvegicus), also known as the fancy rat. Fancy rats are smaller and more docile than wild brown rats and ...

Beatrix Potter, who had her own pet fancy rat called Sammy, cast them in a less than favourable light in The Tale of Samuel Whiskers. Alongside his wife, Anna Maria, Samuel attempts to kidnap and ...

Video: Stand clear of the claws-ing doors! Shocking moment a woman's pet rat crawls into her shirt on a New York subway as another rodent sits on the back of her friend's neck Woman's 'pet rat ...

CAMBRIDGESHIRE, ENGLAND Amanda Arnold, of Wisbech, owns more than 20 pet rats. She’s been keeping ... Williams shows me animals with fancy coat colors and patterns. She talks about the ...

Avian enthusiast Emil Schachtzabel (1850-1941) was fascinated by the wide variety of hybrid pigeon breeds that fanciers ...

Eight giant African pouched rats were able to detect four wildlife samples from 146 non-target items during this four-year ...

SOUTH GLENS FALLS – A South Glens Falls dog owner is warning others in the community after she discovered hundreds of rat poison pellets on her property. Kimberly Hoover found what she thought ...

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Have you ever seen a rat, or any type of rodent ... Sidni objects, “They did not do that! It’s not a class pet!” But Caleb remains adamant: “It definitely probably maybe happened.” ...

The tale of a greedy rat who craves buns and biscuits, but comes to a sticky end. (2016) Preview: An animated swash-buckler based on the much-loved children's book written by Julia Donaldson and ...

Victoria DeFilippis can’t forget the heart-sinking feeling that October day two years ago when she looked out onto her back yard and then saw a blue powder encrusting the face of one of her two ...

Now, Woody the detection dog has his nose trained on Rathlin’s rats. Ferrets and rats pose a grave risk to puffins and other seabirds who breed on Rathlin Island every year in their thousands. The ...