Sweet tempered, intelligent and delightfully curious, rats make wonderful pets for all ages. Though fairly low maintenance and easy to care for, rats are energetic little critters and require plenty ...

Scientists do experiments with millions of rats and mice each year, to study everything from heart disease to cancer to diabetes. Recently, some new recommendations about how to house female lab ...

Teenagers may be risk-takers, but they wouldn’t set out deliberately on a path to cripple their ability to think. At least that’s the idea behind the new “Don’t Be a Lab Rat” campaign launched by the ...

Which rat cages are best? Rats are intelligent, affectionate animals that many people enjoy keeping as curious, clever companions. Because of their small size, high energy and unique abilities, these ...