The agency is cutting animal testing of chemicals. Some scientists are concerned, but in the meantime the rats (and zebra ...

(via SciShow) We've been using lab rats for over a hundred years, and they've been part of some of the biggest medical breakthroughs ever.But what comes next? From organs on a chip to computer ...

Rats in Hein's lab at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay. Richard Hein Rat studies 101 — When Hein first designed his freshman and sophomore biology classes in 2002, he knew he wanted to ...

Notably, much lab research involves male sibling lab rats — meaning that even cutting-edge lab research may have shortcomings compared to those who study wild urban rats. Indeed, lab researchers ...

Sixteen female rats are heading out into the real world after life at college. That is, their life as study subjects. These rats may not have earned degrees of their own, but they helped other ...

Members of Congress exploded Thursday over reports that taxpayer money has paid for experiments using "transgender lab rats," saying it was time to shut down the government's animal-testing industry.

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 ...

Lab rats frequently handled by humans swam for hours to days. Wild rats gave up after just a few minutes. If the wild rats were briefly rescued, however, their survival time extended dramatically, ...