The complicated human relationship with rats is well-documented on social media — where wild, urban rats in cities like New York occasionally go viral for their consumption habits, audacity, or ...

Move over pizza rat, there’s a new rodent in town and it's going viral. A TikTok posted by @smallredcar, Carly Hittner, has the internet talking because of the rat’s sweet and chivalrous gesture. In ...

Rats have what appears to be a “laugh centre” in their midbrain that is activated when the animals are tickled or when they engage in play behaviours. Researchers first discovered that rats could ...