So, a rat is not a monkey is not a human. Studying the behaviour of rodents is valid ethological and neurobiological work, and animal welfare is certainly important. However, it is the pain of ...

"It was remarkable to discover a domesticated sheep from the Bronze Age that was infected with LNBA plague. This gave us an ...

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The human cells formed connections with rat neurons and could be used to control the rats’ behavior. “It’s a very important . . . very cool study,” Yun Li, a molecular geneticist at the University of ...

“You really have to learn the rat you are working with,” says Dora Hebert, a trainer at APOPO. “Rats are different from one another. Just like human beings.” Hebert has worked for APOPO ...