Rats in Boston may be spreading a potentially deadly disease, according to a Tufts University study. The disease is called ...

The Rat is the first of the 12-year cycle of animals that appear in the Chinese zodiac related to the Chinese calendar. The years of the Water Rat are 1972 and 2032. The animal cycle includes the ...

Rats in Boston are spreading a potentially deadly disease that is largely associated with tropical areas, according to a ...

Although solitary by nature, and generally considered a very mild-mannered animal, water rats are known to fight among themselves. Surprisingly, observations made a number of years ago by Dr Penny ...

Decades after it got its new name, the animal once known as the water rat has an online fan club. For Morton, it’s buoying to see scientists and society embrace both new names and new attitudes.

Feinberg Professor emerita Eva Redei’s research had two key components: vats of water and “depressed” rats. Redei found that the rodents, genetically engineered in a Kyoto lab to exhibit depressive ...