Rats Are OK With a Roommate Speaking of best buddies, rats respond very well to having a roommate to share their cage. They make high-frequency sounds to communicate with each other.

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Q Is it possible to have rats in the attic and nowhere else in the house? We've had mice before and they often showed themselves. Years ago, we heard scratching above our bed and the exterminator ...

A veterinary nurse's pet rats have been creating mini paintings which are being sold to people around the world. The rodents, who are owned by Somerset resident Steph Toogood, make the art by ...

Take rat! A Boston man was arrested by transit police for shoving his pet rat, Jerry, into straphangers’ faces and drinking alcohol.

Rats don’t always have the best reputations, but one named Ronin with a super sense of smell is working to change that. Ronin and his landmine-sniffing rat pack are making a name for rodents ...

Jerry the rat is in Boston animal control custody as his owner faces charges of disorderly conduct, trespassing, and making threats.

Behind that spot in the mirror is a rat. “You def don’t want rats in your house but that situation is kinda adorable,” said one commenter. “Adorable it’s like an aquarium,” said another.

There, the officer found a 56-year-old man on the bus with “his pet rat sitting on his shoulder.” “Other riders felt unsafe & exited,” police said in a tweet.

Transit Police were called to an MBTA bus in Jamaica Plain Thursday evening because a passenger brought a rat on board.

Rats don’t always have the best reputations, but one named Ronin with a super sense of smell is working to change that. Ronin and his landmine-sniffing rat pack are making a name for rodents ...