The vagus nerve is a busy bundle of over 100,000 information-carrying fibers that runs from the brain stem through the body ...

A new study has linked increasing temperatures to growing rat populations. Climate change is contributing to a global rise in urban rat infestations, according to a new Science Advances study.

Medically reviewed by Allison Herries, RDN Probiotics may impact weight and metabolism, but experts are still working to ...

In the first study of its kind, scientists found a correlation between climate change and a rise in urban rat populations. A rat scurries across West Broadway in New York City. A study looking at ...

There’s a saying that in a big city you are never more than six feet away from a rat. It’s an urban myth, but scientists are warning cities across the globe are becoming far rattier ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. A rat leaves its burrow at a park in New York City on Sept. 17, 2015. ( AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File) A rat ...

One thing is certain: They’re everywhere. NEW YORK CITY Adaptable and smart, rats of several species have evolved to thrive in major cities—yet the sight of a rat scurrying across West ...

“Rats, often considered poor models of vision, actually display sophisticated abilities that force us to rethink the potential of their visual system and, simultaneously, the limitations of arti ...

Elaine Power first became interested in studying coprophagy—the practice of eating feces—when she was teaching high school ...

Jan. 15, 2025 — New observational data and simulation models have confirmed a new type of planet unlike anything found in the Solar System. This provides another piece of the puzzle to ...