Rats

The rodents had plagued Lehua Island for decades and proved difficult to tackle following a failed attempt to eradicate the population in 2009.

Computational research shows that receiving "likes" is not unlike a rat's "reward learning" for food.

Animals that you think of as pests may have a lot more potential for intelligent thinking than they are given credit for.

Leonard Shoulders, 33, was waiting for a bus in the Bronx when the sidewalk collapsed beneath his feet.

No one bats an eye, it's just another day in the city, another rat grabbing dinner.

The rats were feasting on bird seeds on the Lower East Side.

KFC has come under fire a number of times in recent years for all kinds of accusations including racism, serving old food, and mutant chickens.

"Pizza Rat was Disneyland New York, this is the real s***," one user joked on Twitter.

The owl left his home after flying around and perching in his lounge for at least six hours.

The closing of restaurants disrupted the food supply of rats and forced armies of rodents into the streets of Chicago, New York and other U.S. cities in broad daylight, where they fight one another for food.

Closed food outlets should limit food sources for rodents, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has said.

Banksy is working from home, creating a new artwork that uses one of his most famous recurring subjects, the rat, for a commentary on quarantine during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

A new study finds that "honesty is enforced" by a "smell of hunger" when rats decide to share food with their compatriots.

Researches think it could be possible that both human and rat species have seen parallel shifts in their DNA.

While the undertaking sounds like an intriguing proposition in and of itself, the purpose of the study is to highlight the importance of enriched environments in lab-based animal studies.

The enzyme NicA2-J1 was found to reduce nicotine levels in the blood, without leading to any withdrawal symptoms.

Prosecutors said anesthetist Khaw Kim-sun, 53, killed his wife because she would not agree to a divorce, but never intended to hurt his daughter.

The vermin are starving complex ecosystems of a vital but surprising ingredient: bird droppings.

The rodents left a further $25,000 in cash untouched.

Episodic memory is the ability to remember specific events in sequential order, which allows us to recall past experiences.

It took seven years and $13.5 million to clear South Georgia of rats.

Her family has no idea how she contracted the incredibly rare disease.

Tuberculosis is one of the top 10 causes of death worldwide, according to the World Health Organization.

Government authorities put supplies meant for victims of Hurricane Maria in offices they knew were infested.

This is not a rat washing itself like a person.

Black rats have been exonerated in a new study about the Black Death.

"So is animal sentience a big deal? Yes, it is."

A new experiment raises concerns about cerebral organoids.

This plague season could be the deadliest yet for Madagasar.

Mayor Bill de Blasio announced a $32 million plan to reduce the city's rat population.