And over a third (35%) of the team’s 143 Norway rat specimens (Rattus norvegicus), all sourced from those same northeastern ...

They’re winning the rat race. The Big Apple’s rodents are evolving to become smarter and stronger than their biggest predators — humans. House mice are genetically mutating to build immunity against ...

Rats and mice are mutating and becoming resistant to poison, researchers warn - Increases the threat of deadly diseases to humans, such as flu-like bacterial disease leptospirosis and viral hantavirus ...

If mice ever wonder what it's like to experience the world as a rat, some are now able to live that dream, at least when it comes to the sense of smell. Researchers led by Columbia University's ...

What does it feel like to be a rat? We will never know, but some very unusual mice may now have an inkling. In a series of new experiments, bits of rat brain grew inside the brains of mice. Donor stem ...

A new study suggests the future of pest control may depend less on poison than many New Yorkers expect.

Chimeras, fictional creatures made up of a combination of body parts from different animals, such as the mythological Minotaur, have captivated thinkers, philosophers and scientists throughout history ...

Mice lacking an olfactory system have had their sense of smell restored with neurons from rats, the first time scientists have successfully integrated the sensory apparatus of one species into another ...