Approximately three quarters of the Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Research and Development — representing 1,000 ...

The agency is cutting animal testing of chemicals. Some scientists are concerned, but in the meantime the rats (and zebra fish) need new homes.

Over 120 snakes and hundreds of rats were rescued from an upstate New York breeder earlier this year, the local SPCA shared.

Trump Phase-Out Revived as Agency Balances Scientific Rigor with Ethical Animal Treatment The Environmental Protection Agency ...

If there’s one thing that rats and mice share, it’s their cuteness. They also have similar physical features, such as huge ...

Rat poison is sickening and killing D.C. wildlife, study finds. Dead and dying animals brought to a rescue center were tested for rat poison — 85 percent were positive.

Anticoagulant rat poisons, known as SGARs, not only avoid addressing the root cause of rodent infestations, they’re also toxic to nature’s best rat predators, animal advocates say.

Animals: Rat Man. 3 minute read. TIME. November 7, 1932 12:00 AM GMT-5 “I hate rats,” hisses James Lorenz Nicholes, with a sinister smile upon his small, ratlike features.

There's no clear "best sniffer" in the animal kingdom, but one contender is the Gambian pouched rat (Cricetomys gambianus, a species of African pouched rat), which can be trained to smell landmines ...

Animal sacrifices are surging in Queens, with chickens, pigs and rats being tortured, mutilated or killed in “twisted” religious rituals in parkland surrounding Jamaica Bay, The Post has learned.

Rat birth control, a more ‘humane’ alternative to managing rodents, comes to Wicker Park and Bucktown For 10 years in a row, Chicago has been deemed “America’s rattiest city.” ...

Sexual behavior and sex preference in animals and humans are shaped by complex interactions between the brain and hormones during early development. One critical factor is exposure to androgens (male ...