But what if the ideal companion for your home that’s smaller than a dog, smarter than you think, and as clean as a cat? You may want to consider a pet that’s often overlooked: the humble rat. Ahead of ...

Researchers have developed a brain implant that augments the brain capacity of rats, boosting their ability to recall tasks. Reports Benedict Carey in the New York Times: Scientists have designed a ...

When most people think of rats, it brings up thoughts of nasty rodents scampering through a sewer or of horror movies, in ...

Rats perceive the world with a complexity that modern artificial neural networks struggle to match. This is the finding of a recent study published in the journal Patterns by the Visual Neuroscience ...

"Ratatouille" may have sparked newfound love for rats in France. Nov. 8, 2007— -- Typically, rats are not the kind of animals people want in their homes. But lately, these small, whiskered, ...

They are gentle and affectionate. They know their name, come when called and love to play. They are fastidious groomers and can learn to do tricks. They make great pets. What are they? They’re rats.

Recent advances in behavioural neuroscience have elevated the study of rodent models by utilising T-pattern analysis, a sophisticated multivariate technique that uncovers hidden temporal structures in ...

Many a psychologist conducts his researches on animal intelligence by noting how rats run through a maze. If you were a psychologist, and got hold of a race of rats showing high susceptibility to ...