Days of Our Lives spoilers reveal that EJ Dimera (Dan Feuerriegel) has given a huge clue to who the tube in Dr. Rolf’s ...

A group of rats is most commonly called a "mischief." "Colony" describes rats nesting together in a family group. "Horde" describes a large, overwhelming group of rats. What is a group of rats called?

The United Kingdom is set to begin injecting children—some as young as ten years old—with puberty-blocking drugs in what the Daily Mail calls the first NHS-backed clinical experiment of its kind. Two ...

New videos reveal the surprising dynamics of bat-rat relationships—and suggest how human activity is fueling these interspecies conflicts. A rat attacks a bat as it flies by in this still image from a ...

Rats have gotten a bad reputation over the years for being dirty, garbage-eating carriers of disease. But these ubiquitous rodents are also clever and capable of learning complex tasks, even using ...

When it comes to unexpected horror stories, humans may never beat nature at its scariest. In Germany, rats reportedly like to intercept bats near hibernation sites, killing and feasting on the local ...

When a Middlesex County couple began to notice holes burrowed into their suburban backyard more than a year ago, they weren’t sure what was to blame. Snakes? Groundhogs? Maybe, squirrels? Then Kathy ...

Are you squeakin’ at me? Big Apple rats are just as social as some New Yorkers — and even sound like them, speaking to each other with a distinctive accent, a new study found. “Being social helps them ...

New York City is home to some three million rats, and learning how these rodent residents navigate and communicate is vital to understanding their impact on humans. A new preprint shows attempts to ...

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City data actually suggest that rat sightings are declining. But horror stories are everywhere, and a single rat in a stroller is enough to set off a panic. By Christopher Maag Rachel Chase, a ...