Rats typically prefer dirt, sticks and rocks over plastic objects. Now, we had them driving cars. Yes, rats can drive. Here's ...

We dubbed this new line of study UPERs – unpredictable positive experience responses – where rats were trained to wait for rewards. In contrast, control rats received their rewards immediately.

Lawmakers proposed a bill to use birth control to sterilize NYC's rat population Three million rats are in the city and produce 15,000 offspring each year READ MORE: New site shows which NYC ...

The researchers found that rats trained to anticipate positive experiences were more likely to hold their tails high than ...

Residents are finding rats in their homes in Eagle, Boise and across Southwest Idaho as the rodents make the region their ...

Mikey Fullerton shared a picture of the 40cm-long rat on his company's social media page next to a Lucozade bottle to highlight how enormous it was. The responses were somewhat mixed ...

A neuroscientist on lessons learned from teaching rodents to drive a mini-car. We crafted our first rodent car from a plastic cereal container and quickly found that rats could learn to drive forward ...