Naked mole rats may have specific roles, such as cleaning the toilet chamber or transporting waste, rather than being generalist helpers. The findings suggest naked-mole-rat colonies are even more ...

A Canadian man found a rat in his toilet, and his month only got worse from there. In a recent case report, the man’s doctors described how he contracted an unusual and severe infection from being ...

HERMOSA BEACH, Calif. -- Allen Carrier's early morning pit stop at his home turned into quite the nightmare. He picked up the lid to his toilet and found a rat swimming around in there. His home is in ...

A Wayne County woman was horrified to find rats that came up through the sewer system and into her toilet and is trying to get answers as to why this happened. The Charter Street resident posted a ...

Naked mole-rats are one of the rare examples of eusocial mammals. Eusocial animal species are those in which a single female within the group is tasked with reproduction, along with a select group of ...

In an unusual new medical case, a man in Canada was hospitalized with a severe bacterial infection after being bitten by a rat that was lurking in his toilet. The 76-year-old visited the emergency ...

"It is hell and I don't want to come home anymore," the mum said. "Neither of the kids will use the bathroom any more, they ...

This undated photo shows a rat in the a pipe in London. Ageing sewers, insufficient garbage collection, a lack of resources to tackle the problem: it all adds up to a growing rat population in London, ...