Rat and human lives have long intersected, but there's little relatively little research about them. Thanks to advances in ...

Today's health news includes the genetics of picky eating, new rules on research misconduct, and a Science issue devoted to ...

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African giant pouched rats proved adept at detecting four commonly trafficked products derived from endangered species ...

New York City began the very first "Urban Rat Summit" in history on Wednesday with Mayor Eric Adams leading opening remarks ...

A University of Arizona scientist is a co-author in an international study that has zeroed in on a short list of animals from ...

The list of animals included the raccoon dog, hoary bamboo rat, dog, European rabbit, Amur hedgehog, Malayan porcupine, Reeves’s muntjac, Himalayan marmot, and masked palm civet. The new research ...

I’m excited to welcome my fellow generals in the ‘War on Rats’ to our great city for the inaugural National Urban Rat Summit, ...

Depression is a significant challenge to diagnose and treat. Among the factors influencing depression onset and severity, ...

I wanted a firsthand look at how New York City's war on rats was actually going. The truth was nastier —and funnier — than I ...

The Ig Nobels were founded by a science humor magazine in 1991 to honor the imaginative and unusual in science ...

The city’s health department conducted fewer restaurant and rodent inspections due to staffing shortages last fiscal year, ...