Recently, one rat showed off that he's really taking the whole "cleanliness" bit as seriously as he possibly can. Not only ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. The native kangaroo rat was thriving until the 1950s, when a two-tiered threat of ...

TACOMA, Wash. — African giant pouched rats - the name speaks for itself. These large rodents have cheek pouches like hamsters, and they live in Africa. But what's not in the name is that these rats ...

This is a baby rat in a minuscule harness somewhere in Tanzania. He’s got his nose in the air, but he’s not looking for cheese. He’s actually sniffing out deadly landmines. It takes a pair of trained ...

Spiders, snakes, and rats are often viewed as scary animals, especially around Halloween. The Tulsa Zoo is home to all three and said its creepy crawlies are nothing to be frightened by. Education ...

Before joining Discover Magazine, Paul Smaglik spent over 20 years as a science journalist, specializing in U.S. life science policy and global scientific career issues. He began his career in ...