PULLMAN, Wash. — It isn’t just people – when given the chance, rats may also use cannabis to cope with stress, according to a study by researchers at Washington State University. Published in the ...

A study published in Neuropsychopharmacology focused on cannabis-seeking behavior and found that rats with higher natural stress levels are much more likely to self-administer cannabis. The Washington ...

Ripples of nerve cell activity that lock in memories may have an unexpected job outside of the brain: Dropping blood sugar levels in the body. Just after a burst of ripples in a rat’s hippocampus, ...

These underground rodents are the first mammals found to actively choose air with lower-than-normal oxygen levels. Their ...

New York City’s subway users will be able to track the transport network’s rat population on their smartphones. Rats are endemic in New York and are a common sight on the city’s 472 subway stations.