South Africa is faced with an enormous and ever-increasing rat population that could cause serious diseases such as bubonic ...

The social behaviors of the Rattus norvegicus, commonly known as the Norway rat, are far more complex than previously thought, according to a team of researchers from ELTE Eötvös Loránd University.

Nearly 70% of global communities will likely be living in urban areas by 2050, according to the United Nations. Rats will, ...

There are 56 species of rats, but only one is kept a pet: the domesticated brown rat (Rattus norvegicus), also known as the fancy rat. Fancy rats are smaller and more docile than wild brown rats and ...

Another creature implicated in the destruction of much of both Rapa Nui’s and Hawaiʻi’s plant life was the Polynesian rat (Rattus exulans), as well as the bigger ship rat (Rattus rattus) and Norwegian ...

The brown rat, the R. norvegicus, originated somewhere in Central Asia, began to migrate westward early in the eighteenth century, and reached England around 1730. Most authorities believe that it ...

He doubts that he will ever have to pay up. The dominant rat in New York City is the Norway rat, Rattus norvegicus, also known as the brown rat. Brown rats are burrowing animals that are widest at ...

These crafty rodents are the ultimate urbanites. Meet your average city rats: Rattus rattus and Rattus norvegicus. These rats live pretty much wherever we do. Especially in cities. Take New York ...

The answer to the latter, it became clear, was much more than a T-shirt. The brown rat, or Rattus norvegicus, isn't all that different from the average New Yorker. It hates long commutes and loves ...

Rodent-borne hantaviruses are associated with two main clinical disorders in humans: hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome and hantavirus cardiopulmonary syndrome. Although hantavirus diseases can ...

But what do these models reveal about us? Mus musculus House mouse Commonly used to study genetic principles and human disease Rattus norvegicus Brown rat Commonly used to study genetic principles ...

Psychobiology 23:26-36. [Content] Pinel JP, Mumby DG, Dastur FN, Pinel JG (1994) Rat (Rattus norvegicus) defensive behavior in total darkness: risk-assessment function of defensive burying. J Comp ...