A Reddit user returning home after several months away has shared an unexpected discovery—tiny handprints pressed into the ...

The latest weapon in Chicago’s war against rats is plant-based, naturally flavored and nutritious. It’s a birth control pellet made with corn and peanuts, and a team of researchers and volunteers will ...

A study analyzes the negative effects of stress on the brains of male and female rats and concludes that acute stress induces anxiety-like behaviors, especially in males, while chronic stress is more ...

In many parts of the UK, people are seeing more and more rats in city neighborhoods. Overflowing bins, leftover takeout, and mild winters are giving these rodents the perfect conditions to thrive. Now ...

Residents have been left disgusted after an enormous 22-inch rat was found in a home in Redcar and Cleveland. Hundreds expressed their shock and disgust after a picture of the supersized rodent was ...

Source: Lucie Bartikova/Shutterstock When Walter B. Cannon coined the term “fight or flight” in 1933 to describe stress behaviors, he likely didn’t consider that males and females might respond ...

Introduction: Obesity is a global epidemic identified by the World Health Organization, and its complexity involves genetic, cultural, socioeconomic, and behavioral factors. Methods: In this study, we ...

Gary Lineker has “apologised unreservedly” for re-posting a video featuring an antisemitic trope after drawing veiled criticism from the BBC Director General. In a statement in the past few minutes to ...

Brain cells (magenta) in the reward center of a rat’s brain release dopamine in response to opioids. According to a new study by WashU Medicine researchers, male and female rats with a chronic pain ...

Most people who misuse opioids take the drugs to relieve pain, but data suggest that men are more likely to misuse and overdose on opioids than women, even though they suffer less chronic pain.