A life-threatening bacterial infection typically spread through rat urine sickened a record number of people in New York City last year—and this year looks on track for another all-time high, the NYC ...

PULLMAN, Wash. — It isn’t just people – when given the chance, rats may also use cannabis to cope with stress, according to a study by researchers at Washington State University. Published in the ...

NEW YORK-- There is a new phase in New York City's war on rats after the Health Department warned that in 2023 rat-related sickness soared to the highest level in a single year. They are everywhere — ...

Ripples of nerve cell activity that lock in memories may have an unexpected job outside of the brain: Dropping blood sugar levels in the body. Just after a burst of ripples in a rat’s hippocampus, ...

The rat small intestine is immature until the end of the third week of life, when the weaning period begins. Intestinal maturation is associated with morphologic changes, an increase in mucus ...

Laboratory rats will drink alcohol if it’s available, and may even get a little tipsy, researchers report in a new study. But they won’t voluntarily drink until they’re drunk. And while ethanol is ...

Rats are endemic in the Big Apple and a common sight on the city’s 472 subway stations David Millward has been a member of The Telegraph's US team since 2014. He is based in New England. He has ...