Described as a 'house of horrors', 24 dogs, seven cats, a hamster and two rats were found by the RSPCA following a report to the charity's cruelty line.
Scientists taught rats to drive to a certain destination, but the rodents took a detour, suggesting they enjoy both the journey and the rewarding destination. When you purchase through links on ...
This became our Wait For It research program. We dubbed this new line of study UPERs – unpredictable positive experience responses – where rats were trained to wait for rewards. In contrast ...
We crafted our first rodent car from a plastic cereal container. After trial and error, my colleagues and I found that rats could learn to drive forward by grasping a small wire that acted like a ...