In addition to having local hunters as his guides, Vejmělka set up a camera trap on a fallen log over a stream in a dense ...

We expel carbon dioxide as waste. Naked mole rats bathe their brains in it to prevent seizures. The unique animals thrive underground but cannot handle the lack of carbon dioxide above.

New research in rats indicates that a Mediterranean plant may be an effective treatment for ulcerative colitis, a type of ...

An elusive nocturnal beast of a rodent that lives high in the mountains has been filmed and photographed for the first time, ...

The colossal species of rat, known as the subalpine woolly rat, has been discovered in Papua New Guinea and is more than ...

A six-month expedition to the tropical island of New Guinea has led to a remarkable discovery by a young Czech doctoral ...

Working with local Indigenous people, biologist František Vejmělka spent six months surveying the creatures that live on ...

A RARE species of giant woolly rat has been documented in photos and video footage for the first time ever. The elusive, ...

A man in Marengo, Illinois, is on a mission to fully restore a World War II-era B-17 bomber—a project he’s been diligently ...

Rats are the most well-established source of ... Research Participation Program administered by the Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE) through an interagency agreement between ...

Consider why rats may be your next choice for a pet. First off, pet rats are the domesticated form of Rattus norvegicus, the ...

(Learn more about how rats became an inescapable part of city living.) While the new study, published today in the journal Science Advances, did not assess why climate change may be linked to a ...