History and Hollywood cast them as vermin responsible for plagues, famine and famous movie lines like “You dirty rat!” But to a small group of fans, the rat is a charming pocket companion as loyal as ...

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 ...

Sara Martin recently graduated from the University of South Florida with a master's degree in global sustainability and credits her pet rat Remi for helping her earn the achievement. If this rat's ...

A Virginia teen has come down with an incredibly rare disease — thanks to her pet rat. The 17-year-old from Charlottesville was stricken with rat-bite fever in January after being bitten when she ...

Woman gets debilitating spasms, but rat senses them. June 1, 2011— -- Dani Moore of Hesperia, Calif., owes much of what she can do in her life to a rat. The rat, named Hiyo Silver, has the unique ...