The US does not include within its animal welfare laws and regulations the rats, mice and birds who are subjected to research and testing. The federal Animal Welfare Act (AWA) was amended in 1970 to ...

I spoke with Zookeeper Deryn Martinez who shared some other fun facts about naked mole rats for Wild Wednesday. Q: Where do naked mole rats live? A: They live underground in the tunnel systems ...

There's a cost to non-native species running wild. According to the U.S. Department ... Nutria are large rodents from South America that eat and burrow into wetlands along the Gulf Coast, Atlantic ...

Despite the bad press they sometimes receive, rats are friendly, intelligent and playful animals and can make excellent companions. While some people might not be keen to spot a wild rat in their ...