Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The University of South Carolina in Columbia. (Tracy Glantz/tglantz@thestate.com) A series of experiments at USC involving rats, ...

Female Norway rats that receive help from an unfamiliar partner become significantly more willing to assist a completely different stranger afterward. This behavioral pattern, documented across ...

Peking University-led researchers have modified an existing treatment for liver disease that does not cause itchiness, a common side effect of existing treatments. Chronic itch is a debilitating ...

In a new study Indiana University researchers observed episodic memory in rats to a degree never documented before, suggesting that rats can serve as a model for complex cognitive processes often ...

This video follows a strange cooking experiment where a rat is trained to help make ratatouille. The idea sounds impossible ...

The high comorbidity of type 2 diabetes (T2D) with psychiatric or neurodegenerative disorders points to a need for understanding what links these diseases. A potential link is the anterior cingulate ...

One study found that rats emitted ultrasonic vocalizations when they were subjected to manual somatosensory stimulation, i.e., tickling. The results of this controversial research were published in ...

In a new study Indiana University researchers observed episodic memory in rats to a degree never documented before, suggesting that rats can serve as a model for complex cognitive processes often ...