She’s got a soft spot for vermin. A so-called extreme rodent fanatic has gone viral after bathing her 50 rat “babies” in her kitchen sink. Michele Raybon, 51, of Palmdale, California, hasn’t stopped ...

The African crested rat's fuzzy fur has hairs loaded with a poison that can purportedly fell an elephant. But these rats turn out to be social,... For Rats That Coat Themselves In Poison, These ...

SALEM — A couple of years ago, Thomas Taylor asked his son, Matthew, if he could create a design for a cute and cuddly rat. Matthew complied, not knowing what it was for. Then, after he graduated ...

OK, enough already with all the animal viruses. They live over there. And we live over here. And unless all cuddly creatures housing weird viruses decide to don little face masks, there’s a good ...

The animals don't look at all like a typical city rat. "They're actually about the size of a small skunk," she says. "A lot of that is fluff. They are pretty fuzzy." Like a skunk, these creatures have ...