When most people think of rats, it brings up thoughts of nasty rodents scampering through a sewer or of horror movies, in ...

The earliest documented evidence of domesticated rats originates from Japan and dates back to the Edo period (1603 to 1868). The tradition of keeping fancy rats may have originated in Japan, but pet ...

When Abby Chronister started college six years ago, she found herself struggling with anxiety and depression. After class, she often retreated to her bed. That’s when she adopted her first two rats, ...

Animals can be particularly interesting, especially when you get an adorable surprise interaction, just like one couple did ...

PEOPLE Pet Vet Dr. Evan Antin explains why rats often make better pets than hamsters Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2013. Her work has previously ...

Rats have gotten a bad rap. It’s true that the wild variety can be aggressive, dirty and spread diseases. They have their own illness named specifically for them, called rat bite fever, according to ...

This rat needs its caffeine fix. A wired subway rodent dragged a coffee cup across a Brooklyn subway platform, skittering across several yards as a bemused straphanger videotaped the mad dash. The rat ...