RAT

Instead of cheese, this New York City rat wanted a friend.

Scientists in Japan report that they have successfully been able to grow a human ear on a rat’s back.

Archaeologists have uncovered fossils of the largest known rats in existence—ten times the size of modern rats.

The Internet shows us that friendships know no race, color or even species. Case in point, a dog-rat duo that has generated a lot of buzz lately.

Ines Moore stirs awake nearly every night to an unmistakable, skin-crawling sound: rats skittering around her apartment in the dark.

The Chinese New Year in 2014 is celebrated on Friday, Jan. 31, marking the beginning of the Year of the Horse in the Chinese zodiac.

Villagers in central China managed to capture one of two giant rats that have been preying on large fish in their local pond.

Ratters get into computers and, besides stealing private data, records user through the webcam. They proceed to sell or exchange this footage in hacker forums.