The wrinkly rodent barely seems to age and appears almost impervious to cancer, heart disease, and mental decline. Can these astounding abilities be adapted for humans?

It was as if Pixar was trying to make a version of Ocean’s 11. In the town of Tinsukia in the Indian state of Assam, ...

A mindset of adaptability and improvisation, coupled with perspective-taking skills, can help people overcome what look like overwhelming challenges.

That’s because the trunk is highly sensitive when it comes to sensing touch. Scientists have determined that the whiskers ...

Rodent experts said the prolonged cold weather could kill some rats and cause others to have fewer babies, resulting in a smaller population in the spring.

It was a race against nightfall. As he hurried across the sandy, bristling landscape of California’s Carrizo Plain, ecologist Ian Axsom stopped every 10 yards to place an aluminum live trap on the ...

Health officials are warning of a dangerous bacterial infection that has been detected at a homeless encampment in Berkeley, California. Leptospirosis, which is caused by Leptospira bacteria, is a ...

WASHINGTON — D.C. councilmembers are introducing new legislation aimed at addressing the city’s growing rat problem, as residents across multiple neighborhoods report frequent and worsening ...

Washington health officials warned residents that heavy rain and floodwater could sweep rats into the sewer systems and up into their ... well ... toilets! The ...

When I first saw red paper chains strung up in my friend’s Brooklyn apartment last year, I thought: Cute! What a fun throwback to Christmases of yore, and a way to make the place ten times cozier as ...