Sure, he looks cute, but he’s actually a rat. And he may not even be a he, either. The Prospect Park Zoo had a bit of a coming out party this week for its newest resident, an endangered Malagasy rat, ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. The native kangaroo rat was thriving until the 1950s, when a two-tiered threat of ...

A veterinary nurse’s pet rats have been providing some pawsitivity by creating mini paintings for people around the world. Steph Toogood, who is 26 and based in Somerset, has owned rats since 2016 ...