So, rats are awesome and we can all go home now, right? Okay, fine, I suppose I might have a teensy bit more convincing to do. But look at their snuffly little faces, with the whiskers and the eyes ...

The Brown Rat or Norway Rat is one of the best-known and common rats, and also one of the largest. The Brown Rat is a true omnivore and will consume almost anything. Brown Rats can carry a number of ...

The earliest documented evidence of domesticated rats originates from Japan and dates back to the Edo period (1603 to 1868). The tradition of keeping fancy rats may have originated in Japan, but pet ...

Recent news reports of a rat infestation in the Bedford Park area of The Bronx have many New Yorkers more terrified than usual of rodents. But some city dwellers see a very different side to the ...

A Virginia teen has come down with an incredibly rare disease — thanks to her pet rat. The 17-year-old from Charlottesville was stricken with rat-bite fever in January after being bitten when she ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. In our backyard, we have an old cubbyhouse that Dad and I turned into an aviary. But the kids were thinking bigger for their menagerie.