A cat has gone viral for befriending the huge rat living in its garden that it was originally supposed to hunt, leaving the internet in stitches. The post, which has so far reached over 85,100 upvotes ...

The earliest documented evidence of domesticated rats originates from Japan and dates back to the Edo period (1603 to 1868). The tradition of keeping fancy rats may have originated in Japan, but pet ...

One Brooklyn couple, Lili and Casey, has taken in three pet rats from the Brooklyn Cat Café, a place known for more than just cats. Since 2015, the café has been adopting out rats to loving homes but ...

Dear Dr. Jorden: I have a great menagerie of animals as pets. I would like to get a pet rat or two, but someone told me that it was illegal to own rats. Is that true? I called the Billings Animal ...

Dear Pet Talk: I’m not allowed to have a cat or a dog but my parents will let me have a smaller pet, like a gerbil, hamster, or even a mouse. What do you recommend? Animal Lover Dear Animal Lover: ...