Rats housed in the animal facility at the Instituto de Investigaciones Farmacológicas are used by different research groups in pharmacological studies. Since 2002, both growth and reproduction in ...

A purported rat colony in a downtown Houston police property room ate some mushrooms intended as evidence against two defendants, prosecutors on Monday said, warning at least 3,600 additional ...

We kept the males in pairs in shoebox cages in a colony room maintained at approximately 22±4 °C on a reverse 12:12-h light/dark cycle with free access to commercial laboratory rat chow and water.

Evidence from thousands of criminal cases could face contamination after a rat infestation was discovered in the property room at Houston police headquarters. A purported rat colony in a downtown ...

She explained: "If we do find an invasive predator on island we need to respond rapidly as one pregnant female rat can produce a colony of 300 individuals in just over eight months." Permanent ...

These tunnels connect nest chambers and protect the colony from predators and the harsh surface environment. Naked mole rats are herbivores, feeding primarily on underground tubers (such as sweet ...

They also gather the roots and bulbs for the colony to eat. Other rats tend to the queen. Most other types of mole rats live on their own or in small families. Though mole rats spend most of their ...

Separately, the Houston Police Department is addressing rats after a purported rat colony in a downtown Houston police property room ate some mushrooms intended as evidence against two defendants ...

Due to limited space and resource for equipment, we came up with some easy and cost-effective ways to improve enrichment for the rat colony. Since implementing our protocol for forage feeding and out ...