Forget dinosaurs. Researchers think they could resurrect an extinct rat
The Christmas Island rat was wiped out from its island home in the Indian Ocean more than a century ago.
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Rat infestation in Washington DC has produced two cases of rare virus infection
Risks of a new epidemic are virtually non-existent, but the public should still take steps to protect themselves.
Rats and pigeons are slowly replacing iconic species, and it’s our fault
The "losers" are exactly the ones you want to protect.
Rats successfully sniff out tuberculosis in children
The rats are much more efficient than the conventional test.
Giant (adorable?) species of rat discovered in the Solomon Islands
It's not good news for the rat...
Great Barrier Reef rodent becomes first extinct mammal at the hand of climate change
Great Barrier Reef's only endemic mammal, the Bramble Cay melomys, is now officially extinct, scientists say.
Hero Rats detect landmines and TB for a living
Detecting landmines can be difficult, dangerous and expensive, but an unsung hero is set to change all this.
Why rats can’t vomit, and how they make up for it
Sure vomiting can be gross, but it's also an essential survival reflex that's saved countless lives. Humans are very fortunate ...
Fossils of huge rats found in Asia
Archaeologists have discovered fossils of rats 10 times bigger than modern rats. Working with the Australian National University (ANU), the team ...
Meet the hog-nosed rat, a new species of mammal
While surveying the island of Sulawesi right in the center of Indonesia, a group of researchers came across a previously ...
Blind rats ‘sense’ their location after a geomagnetic compass was strapped to their brains
Blind rats learned to navigate mazes just as well as those that could see, after scientists strapped a simple geomagnetic ...
Rats reward their friends for help – first such act seen among non-humans
Norwegian rats know how to keep their friends close. A new study found they reward other rats for their help ...
Exonerate the rats – it was gerbils that brought the Black Plague
It's always the cute ones - a team of Norwegian researchers found that the Black Plague, which arrived in Europe ...
Paralyzed rats regain use of hind legs with flexible spinal cord implant. Humans to follow
Swiss scientists demonstrated a flexible ribbon-like implant that attaches itself to a paralyzed rat's spinal cord, allowing the animal to ...
Mothers teach babies fear through smell
Babies can learn what to fear from the first days of life simply by smelling their distressed mothers, a new ...
Brain-computer interface restores brain connectivity in injured rats
Drawing illustrates a rat with a BMBI attached to the skull retrieving food. Photo courtesy: Case ...
Virtual reality for rats shows how different brain functions cooperate during navigation
Some people are better navigators than others, i.e. men better than women. Whether you can make your way effortlessly through ...
Rats have a double view of the world
Rodents are able to move their eyes in different directions, thus always keeping an eye on the the airspace above ...
Poisoning rats is poisoning birds
Law-makers in Canada and the US are making moves to restrict rat poisons based on blood thinners as studies show ...
Scientists create brain with 12 seconds memory
The purple round thing you are looking at is actually a microscopic brain derived from rat neurons, just about 50 ...