A national watchdog group has filed an administrative complaint with Penn State’s president after an unpublished report from the university said nearly a dozen rats were subjected to so much pain they ...

One study found that rats emitted ultrasonic vocalizations when they were subjected to manual somatosensory stimulation, i.e., tickling. The results of this controversial research were published in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The University of South Carolina in Columbia. (Tracy Glantz/tglantz@thestate.com) A series of experiments at USC involving rats, ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (FOX Carolina) - The University of South Carolina said an experiment involving cocaine-addicted rats being electrically shocked has been stopped for now. In November, the university ...

If you think laughter and comedy are reserved strictly for humans, you’d be wrong. A study in the late 1990s showed that creatures like rats emit ultrasonic vocalizations while playing with or ...