The American psychologist was known for developing behavior analysis.

A psychologist best known for training pigeons to peck levers for food pellets is not the person most people would expect a ...

When invasive rats are removed from islands, the ecological benefits can ripple across both land and sea more quickly than scientists expected, according to recent research. Scientists have long ...

IT’S NOT CLEAR WHERE THE UNION IS IN THAT PROCESS. TWO PEOPLE IN DAUPHIN COUNTY ARE CHARGED AFTER POLICE SAY HUNDREDS OF, QUOTE, STREET RATS WERE DISCOVERED LIVING IN A CONDEMNED HOME IN STEELTON. 37 ...

German psychologist Wolfgang Köhler set up a famous experiment more than 100 years ago that changed how scientists understand animal intelligence and the power of insight — or spontaneous ...

In the 1920s, researchers trained rats to solve a difficult maze. Decades later, similar rats on the other side of the world appeared to learn the same task dramatically faster—even though they had ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Nina Simone told FOX13 her toddler screamed after coming face-to-face with a rat at a Memphis convenience store. "It even looked at the camera," the Raleigh mother said. "You know how ...

High blood pressure that resists treatment plagues tens of millions of Americans, but a potential breakthrough could provide a life-saving solution—if it makes it past animal testing. Research ...

Neuty, a pet nutria that became a Louisiana legend, died on Saturday, according to his keepers. In his last months, the whiskery, rat-tailed, web-footed creature was being treated for cancer. He was ...

A couple of years ago, I had the pleasure of speaking on “The Attention Drug Wars” panel at South by South West (SXSW). The discussion centered on how successful social media companies like Facebook ...

VIENNA — Police in eastern Austria say a 39-year-old suspect has been arrested after rat poison turned up in some HiPP baby food jars on supermarket shelves in central Europe. HiPP, which recalled ...

Researchers may have found the origin of a treatment-resistant form of high blood pressure. A new therapy tested on rats successfully calmed overexcited neurons that trigger elevated blood pressure.