CHICAGO — As charges of greed and self-interest fly in these hyper-partisan political times, humans might do well to look to rats for lessons in kindness and caring. A University of Chicago experiment ...

The ability to pick up the beat in a song and predict its timing, perhaps even shaking your hips to it if you’re that adept on the dance floor, is thought to be skill unique to humans. Known as beat ...

On October 3, 2025, in Shandong, China, a security video captured a surprising moment when a woman opened a delivery package and discovered a rat inside. Startled, she and two others jumped in fright, ...