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Mole Rats Get Stressed When Earth's Magnetic Field Vanishes, Study Suggests

An Ansell's mole rat in Zoo Leipzig. (Headster/Wikimedia/CC BY 4.0) The amazing animal known as Ansell's mole rat (Fukomys ...

The pest I’ll never forget: the rats stood six or seven deep on the lawn beside my dormitory

All it took was one or two careless teenage girls giving the vermin a taste of their snacks and they became the most well-fed animals imaginable ...
The Conversation

The politics of city rats: What urban rodents tell us about housing and sanitation

Rats are on the ballot in Canadian municipal elections this fall, with several political parties promising to tackle city rat ...
BIOENGINEER

Baby Rats Remember Differently: Hidden Exploratory Strategies Reveal What Standard Memory Tests Miss

A new perspective argues that standard novelty-preference scores in rodent recognition memory tests conceal developmental ...

Rats that ate chocolate made a special sound—AI discovers animal 'deliciousness'

News that caught my attentionRats squeak 'delicious' when eating chocolate, a fact revealed by AI analysis (Forbes JAPAN)Do ...

How scientists in Boston are using AI to decipher the secret language of rats

A group of scientists in the Boston area are using AI and other technologies to understand how rats communicate.

Video of rats swarming sleeping unhoused person sparks outrage in Quebec City

A video of rats surrounding a person sleeping on the stoop of a church in Quebec City is now prompting advocates to speak out ...
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Quebec City residents outraged after spotting rats swarming unhoused person

"I can't believe we're leaving people in these conditions." ...