Researchers had long feared that the Vangunu giant rat, native to the forests of the Solomon Islands, had gone extinct. Recently, researchers finally captured images of four of these creatures. The ...

Holly has a degree in Medical Biochemistry from the University of Leicester. Her scientific interests include genomics, personalized medicine, and bioethics.View full profile Holly has a degree in ...

In early September, in an Eagle article about a Wichita rat invasion, Fort Hays State University biology Professor Elmer Finck invited people to send pictures of the rodents they trapped in their ...

Scientists can now see how neurons in animal brains react to different visual stimuli. Alzheimer's might not be far behind. Michael Kanellos is editor at large at CNET News.com, where he covers ...

In 2017, scientists discovered a new species of giant rat that can reportedly crack open coconuts. Now, this extremely rare creature has been captured in the wild on camera for the first time. Locals ...

PET images of the brains of anaesthetised rats (first row) and awake rats after motion correction (second row) for two single rats (rats 1 and 2) and an interacting rat (rat 4). The third row shows ...

Shown are images produced from an analysis of lipids in a rat brain tissue sample. The first, labeled a, is an optical image, and the others are ion images created from desorption electrospray ...