A photo shared by a research team shows a feline in a resident's garden in Vučedol, Croatia, with a blind mole rat in its mouth.

The naked mole rat might look like a creepy, little, subterranean rodent, but according to a new study, it could hold the secret to living longer. The species lives far longer than scientists would ...

The red sand boa is a non-venomous snake that thrives in dry scrublands and grasslands that offer loose sand the snake can ...

Meet Mirasol, one very, VERY large rat. “She’s about 1.7 kilograms,” says Jenny Egan, the Senior Area Manager for the Maryland Zoo at Baltimore.

Ever wondered what rats can teach us about human history and survival? A Drexel prof. studies how rats' adaptability mirrors human history, migration, and survival. His recent article on the ...

This week’s frigid weather has many New York City residents shivering, scurrying into cozy spots and feeling sapped.

A Ted-Ed lesson by Max G. Levy explains how rats survived the Ice Age, made their way from Asia to Europe and then across the ...

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Nosferatu has no shortage of harrowing human performances, but let’s be honest — this movie’s many, many rat actors are the ones who make our skin crawl. A physical manifestation of Count ...

Rats are consuming drugs that were seized and stored by Houston police and hundreds of cases could be vulnerable to the rodent infestation, officials said. It's an issue that has prompted the ...

“We got 400,000 pounds of marijuana in storage,” Houston Mayor John Whitmire told NBC. “The rats are the only ones enjoying it.” The mayor and law enforcement officials have now decided to ...

Nikolett Emmert/Pexels; KHOU Rats have infiltrated the Narcotics Evidence Room of the Houston Police Department, forcing the district attorney's office to alert attorneys on thousands of open ...