Rats are some of the most unfairly maligned creatures of the animal kingdom. Despite their funny little rat-hands and furry little rat-bodies, the poor rodents can’t seem to shake the reputation of ...

Scientists have trained rats to drive tiny rat-cars to get food, New Scientist reports. It’s a more sophisticated task than a rodent’s usual maze or object recognition, which suggests that rats’ ...

How’s your 2024 Bingo card looking so far? Does it have “rats find joy in driving” on it? Because the scientists who taught rats how to drive are back, and their latest research suggests rats enjoy ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Rats have learned how to drive and steer ...

Like most New Yorkers, rats usually take the subway. It's the quickest way to get around this grimy town, for one thing, and also brimming with delicious trash. But sometimes, for a rat-on-the-go, ...

Rats continue to amaze us with their sharp and agile brains, which makes them useful for studies. They can be trained to do human-like activities such as press buttons and solve problems, such as ...