An estimated three million rats live in the city, which is a little over one-third of the human population. A new study found rats alter their vocalizations depending on the environment and level of ...

Are you squeakin’ at me? Big Apple rats are just as social as some New Yorkers — and even sound like them, speaking to each other with a distinctive accent, a new study found. “Being social helps them ...

Source: A rat playing hide and seek. Credit: Reinhold, Sanguinetti-Scheck, Hartmann & Brecht It is not often that a paper in Science brings a big grin and just makes you feel good, so it was a ...