As well as cardiac function, inactivity may play a role in mental decline and even in the development of Alzheimer’s disease.

Graf and tennis prof Mardy Fish knocked off Bouchard and fellow tennis pro John Isner. Roddick/Bouchard took two of three sets over Agassi/Graf, setting up the “dreambreaker” deciding set, which ...

Growing human organs in laboratories has rapidly moved from the annals of fiction into the realm of actual science. But ...

Humans have been poisoning rodents for centuries. But fast-breeding rats and mice have evolved resistance to earlier poisons.

Often dismissed as pests, rats have long been misunderstood. But the African giant pouched rat (Cricetomys ansorgei), the world’s longest, is challenging that perception. With its intelligence and ...

Rats have made the various aviaries at Singapore's only bird park their home and have been running amok in the bird enclosures. The pests were observed feeding on food left out for birds and ...

Rat and mouse baits commonly used around the home and in the workplace could potentially wipe out as many as nine species of endangered Australian marsupial carnivores, including the iconic Tasmanian ...

Harvard researchers have mapped and catalogued more than 70,000 synaptic connections from about 2,000 rat neurons, using a silicon chip capable of recording small yet telltale synaptic signals from a ...

Think your ex is more like a rat than a prince? Do you believe your former paramour should never procreate? Animal shelters and zoos around the country are encouraging little cathartic avenues for ...

The interactions between plants and microorganisms — encompassing symbiosis, biocontrol, and pathogenic encounters — play a ...

A bankruptcy court hearing to confirm Spirit's plan of reorganization is scheduled for Feb. 13. Florida-based Spirit Airlines has announced that it will continue with its standalone ...