Mice and rats vocalize. To us, many of the sounds they make are ultrasonic—at too high a frequency to hear. But if we slow the calls down, they sound like squeaks. And not all squeaks are the same.

When two nearly blind naked mole rats encounter each other in a dark subterranean tunnel, it could be a friendly meeting or a moment of potential bloodshed between strangers. The creatures chirp to ...

(CNN)-- Rats can be taught to play hide and seek -- and they squeal with joy when they win, scientists have found. Both wild and domesticated animals have been known to play, but neuroscientists from ...

A new art installation lets rats pick their poison. Brooklyn artist Hunter Fine, 38, has opened seven rodent-sized gin mills around New York City in an effort to raise awareness about rat infestations ...

You have likely never experienced excitement so pure as when a rat tracks down its target in a game of hide and seek. Scientists in Germany have spent weeks playing games with a group of rodents, ...

SALEM, Ore. (KOIN) — Have you ever actually seen a rat hole? Kellie Nightingale has. She and her Salem neighbors said they see dozens of rats and rat holes up and down a stream bank which runs between ...

Ashley Northern was 6 years old when she got her first pet, a rat named Squeaker. Years later, while working at Fin-n-Feather Pet Shop in Eureka, she ran a pet rat rescue out of her home for a time.