A creative pet owner has shared the unusual way she stopped her domestic rat from trying to eat her food. "It all started with a regular taco night," Cherie Jones, co-founder of Tiny Toes Rat Rescue ...

When Abby Chronister started college six years ago, she found herself struggling with anxiety and depression. After class, she often retreated to her bed. That’s when she adopted her first two rats, ...

FRUITPORT TOWNSHIP, MI - By late May, domestic rats had overrun a home and animal rescue operation in Muskegon County, called the Critter Cafe Rescue. Muskegon County Sheriff Animal Control officer ...

At least eight people have been infected with rare Seoul virus, the CDC said. — -- Health officials are investigating an outbreak of the rare Seoul virus, among pet rats and people exposed to rat ...