As in some insect species, the queen is the only naked mole rat female to breed and bear young. Worker animals dig the burrows that the whole clan inhabits, using their prominent teeth and snouts.

Video: Stand clear of the claws-ing doors! Shocking moment a woman's pet rat crawls into her shirt on a New York subway as another rodent sits on the back of her friend's neck Woman's 'pet rat ...

Q) MY children Emma and Lila want some pet rats, and are aged seven and eight ... Then a vet surprised us and said they think it’s a female. We don’t know for sure. Is there a definitive ...

Four adoptable dogs with people names: Derek and Gustavo in New York City, Mary in Chattanooga, Tenn., and Nora in Westhampton, N.Y. Adoption profiles for all dogs pictured are linked at the end ...

(The misnomer “Norway rat” may have arisen when an infested ship that happened to be Norwegian docked in an English port.) They colonized today’s United States before it had that name ...

Smart, friendly and playful, rats are superb pets for people of all ages. RATS: THE GREAT UNDERRATED PET is a hilarious and informative documentary, told by the rat owners themselves. See how some ...

The pilot program will tentatively come into effect next spring in a ten-block area of District 7, part of four “rat mitigation zones” throughout the city. Throughout the pilot, the city’s health ...

The rats are not pet rats, Perkes said ... Norway rats, despite the name, were originally native to the forests and brushland of northern China. Nicola Warburton Getty Images/iStockphoto ...

It’s a nerve-racking wait — rats can reproduce very quickly, and Buckelew said she dreads the possibility of a pregnant female rat evading detection for this long. “We’re all kind of ...

Have you ever seen a rat, or any type of rodent ... Sidni objects, “They did not do that! It’s not a class pet!” But Caleb remains adamant: “It definitely probably maybe happened.” ...

A chicken snake is a type of snake known for raiding chicken coops to eat eggs, birds and small mammals, such as rats and mice. This behavior makes these reptiles both a friend and a foe to farmers.