Animal rescue volunteers are urgently seeking new homes for hundreds of pet rats discovered running wild in a condemned, filthy house in a New York City suburb. A dedicated team of ten volunteers has ...

GUILFORD COUNTY, N.C. — If you've ever wanted a little creature to keep you company, Guilford County Animal Services (GCAS) has just the thing for you! The shelter recently came into 68 friendly rats!

Harvard Medical School also credits animal experiments with developing breakthroughs in treating diabetes, high cholesterol, ...

NEW AUGUSTA, Miss. (WDAM) - Neighbors in New Augusta are voicing concerns about rats that were set free into their community last month. The rats were supposedly being sold as pets before being left ...

An 81-year-old Wilmington woman was found Monday afternoon by Los Angeles Department of Animal Services officers in her home with more than 100 rats and 35 other animals she kept as pets. Wanda ...

Discover how naked mole-rat colonies work, from a single queen to worker care of pups in one of nature’s rare eusocial ...

Washington, DC—The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) has filed a complaint with the National Institutes of Health (NIH), raising significant issues about Baylor University’s mistreatment of rats in an ...