One study found that rats emitted ultrasonic vocalizations when they were subjected to manual somatosensory stimulation, i.e., tickling. The results of this controversial research were published in ...

It’s easy to assume that the most surprising aspect of a research project where scientists teach rats to drive would be the mere achievement of getting the rodents behind the wheel. But the ...

Not all lab rats have the most exciting lives, but a few lucky rats got the job of a lifetime when they were chosen to participate in a University of Richmond Lambert Behavioral Neuroscience ...

THIS ARTICLE IS republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. We crafted our first rodent car from a plastic cereal container. After trial and error, my colleagues and I found ...

If you think laughter and comedy are reserved strictly for humans, you’d be wrong. A study in the late 1990s showed that creatures like rats emit ultrasonic vocalizations while playing with or ...