Key Points A rat infestation can destroy packaged food, packing materials, electric cables, and other important vulnerable materials.Rats have a highly developed sense of smell and avoid strong, ...

For the first time, researchers have used cells from one species to restore the sense of smell in another. In an article published April 25 in Cell, researchers from Columbia University described how ...

Researchers say rats and mice might be enhancing their strong sense of smell by using sounds unable to be detected by the human ear. Bruce - stock.adobe.com Forget scratch and sniff. For rodents, it’s ...

What does it feel like to be a rat? We will never know, but some very unusual mice may now have an inkling. In a series of new experiments, bits of rat brain grew inside the brains of mice. Donor stem ...