The earliest documented evidence of domesticated rats originates from Japan and dates back to the Edo period (1603 to 1868). The tradition of keeping fancy rats may have originated in Japan, but pet ...

Rats and their poop can carry diseases such as hantaviruses that can make you sick, but there are ways to clean up and get rid of them humanely. (Photo Credit: Moment RF/Getty Images) Rats are a type ...

San Francisco is in the midst of a rat problem, and one woman's rodent obsession might be partly to blame. "Authorities say a woman living in a residential hotel has been breeding them. And then ...

The African naked mole rat is an odd, homely creature with the closest thing to real-life super powers on earth. These small rodents can live for 32 years, they are cancer-resistant, and they are ...

Finding out you have a rat infestation often comes down to tiny pieces of evidence: gnaw marks, nests, scratches, and, yes, poop. Besides being gross, rat poop can easily spread diseases like ...

A rat king displayed at the University of Tartu Natural History Museum in Estonia. Some have claimed that the phenomenon in which rats become entangled by their tails is just a hoax but experts say ...

The Sacramento Zoo announced it's welcoming a new colony of naked mole rats, marking the first time the species has been featured at the zoo. The rodents arrived in early September and spent the past ...