Forty-three monkeys bred for research escaped from their South Carolina compound Wednesday, but they haven’t gone far. The ...

First thing’s first — yes, 43 monkeys really did escape from a lab in South Carolina. But officials have confirmed that there ...

A compelling biography about a groundbreaking scientist and his controversial work, using rodent cities to examine the ...

The rhesus macaque monkeys that escaped a South Carolina medical lab this week are among the most studied animals on the ...

An unorthodox researcher pursuing ‘the private lives of rats’ opened what seemed to be a new window on human nature.

[Related: How science came to rely on the humble lab rat.] While the rats in the study could successfully identify the scents related to trafficked wildlife, there are still some limitations.

After we published our research, the story of driving rats went viral. The project continues in my lab with new, improved rat ...

The author describes several characteristics of the Nile grass rat that make this diurnal murid rodent an attractive laboratory animal. In the laboratory, Nile grass rats are clearly diurnal (Fig.

Species around the world are threatened by the illegal wildlife trade, which peddles in wares such as pangolin scales, ...

The rats’ high level of intelligence and curiosity makes them good students, she explains: “If you need to get them to do something new, you just drop them in there (into a training enclosure) and ...

One of them came after me with a needle the length of a turkey baster … I didn’t want to believe that I was a lab rat being experimented on. But after a while, I just couldn’t deny it ...

you just drop them in there (into a training enclosure) and wait for them to figure it out.” Like people, each rat has a different character, she adds: “You have animals that might get it in ...