Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Rats were taught to drive tiny cars by University of Richmond researchers (Ryan M Kelly/AFP via Getty Images) It’s easy to assume ...

We crafted our first rodent car from a plastic cereal container. After trial and error, my colleagues and I found that rats could learn to drive forward by grasping a small wire that acted like a gas ...

A Richmond rat rescue organization is asking people to consider rat adoption – to give former lab rats a second lease on life. VPM News is available to stream on pbs.org and the free PBS App, ...