Pet rats are intelligent, social, and affectionate companions that make wonderful additions to many households. Despite ...

'Human behavior fuels rat behavior.' NYC's 'rat czar' encourages New Yorkers to join fight against city rats Rat Czar Kathleen Corradi says although city agencies are on the front line, it's key ...

Previous work with lab rats has shown that rats pressing a bar for cocaine—a stimulant that increases dopamine activation—already experience a surge of dopamine as they anticipate a dose of cocaine.

Driving represented an interesting way for neuroscientists to study how rodents acquire new skills, and unexpectedly, rats had an intense motivation for their driving training.

The catalyst for the updated cognitive test was the rats’ behavior, which resembled eagerness and anticipation when Lambert arrived at the lab. In an essay written for The Conversation, ...

Klibaite said that the findings supported the rat social behavior model, citing the AI analysis tracking a wide-ranging difference in rats’ social interactions.

This research provides further support of how anticipation can reinforce behavior. Previous work with lab rats has shown that rats pressing a bar for cocaine – a stimulant that increases ...

Rats seem to be everywhere across the city, and agencies across the boroughs say the fight to eradicate them is far from over. More than 2,000 rat sightings were reported by the city in the Bronx ...