Rodent Species

At last, there's an island that isn't Madagascar that's yielding a new species. Unfortunately, it's a rat. A giant, cat-sized, wooly rat. ... ... Papua New Guinea's Mount Bosavi and i...

Modern science agrees that anxiety produces all sorts of negative changes in the body. A recent study on rats suggests that the damage done by anxiety begins practically at the onset of anxiety. ... ...

You're looking at Baldy, a hairless raccoon living in Toronto. Though images that have surfaced of her prompted all sorts of speculation as to what she might be, she's definitely a female raccoon. How do we know? She's given birth to healthy raccoon ...

This rat (shown pre-treatment) had its spinal cord injured while under anesthesia (a weight was dropped on its back) and then recovered its ability to take clumsy steps 42 days after having been given a derivative of a common blue food coloring, acco...

An experimental farm in Russia could soon be producing human breast milk substitutes following successful milking trials on mice, scientists report. Thanks to human genes spliced into their genome, the mice are the first genetically modified anima...

... A team of scientists working in southeast Asia have discovered a new species of rodent - the Kha-nyou. ... ... Drawing of Laonastes © Robert Timmins ... The Kha-nyou, or Laotian rock rat, looks similar to a squirrel, with long ...

... His highly sensitive nose can sniff out explosives at 50 paces. ... And because he weighs a mere 3lb, there is no chance of him setting them off when he finds them. ... Kofi the Gambian pouched rat is the latest weapon in the battle against land...

... -->No one knows what's wrong with Spud. He was given to the staff at Tiggywinkles Wildlife Hospital in Buckinghamshire, UK, back in August, and they are still baffled. What's wrong w...

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