Microscopic plastic particles found in most food and drinking water can pass from pregnant rats to their unborn babies, a new study suggests, and the outlook is grim for pregnant women. “Much remains ...

A vial TikTok shows a town councilwoman’s daughter confronting a so-called “Karen” for allegedly leaving a dead, pregnant rat on the doorstep of the councilwoman’s house. The TikTok was posted by ...

As volunteers continue to try to rescue possibly hundreds of rats dumped in parts of Steelton and Harrisburg, rescuers are encountering another hitch in their efforts: babies. The rats were first seen ...

Prosecutors who charged a mother with murdering her infant because she ate rat poison while pregnant have asked the Indiana judge trying the case to take steps that critics say could stifle any ...

Animal technicians at our facility found a moribund, gestational day-23 Sprague-Dawley rat in its cage. This animal was part of an IACUC-approved toxicology study in which timed-pregnant rats were ...

UPPER MANHATTAN, N.Y. (PIX11) — Samantha couldn’t believe her eyes when her sister started playing cellphone video last Wednesday morning in the kitchen of their family apartment in Upper Manhattan.

Scientists at the Slovak Academy of Sciences reported what they claim is compelling evidence that maternal infections during pregnancy can have lasting effects on offspring brain function. The team ...

Recently, a team of Chinese scientists published a study in which they parabiotically joined a male and female rat, then gave the male rat a uterus and attempted to have it carry embryos to term.