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Rats have been blamed for spreading the plague for more than a century, but new research suggests the real culprit was their cousin the gerbil. Black rats were thought to have brought the plague bug ...

Nine-month old brothers Pandoro and Tiramisù survey London’s newest art institution, The Gerbil Museum (photos courtesy museum trustees Filippo and Marianna) Pandoro and Tiramisù are not your ordinary ...

The black rat—also known as the ship rat, the roof rat, and the house rat—is actually gray. It has large ears and a tail that’s longer than its body. The black rat (Rattus rattus) probably evolved in ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Scientists have restored hearing to deaf gerbils using human embryonic stem cells in an advance that could eventually help people with an intractable form of deafness caused by ...

The much-maligned black rat may not have caused repeated outbreaks of the plague Black rats may not have been to blame for numerous outbreaks of the bubonic plague across Europe, a study suggests.

Rats have a bad rap. They have for centuries. Ever since the middle of the 14th century when the Black Plague descended over Europe. Rats took the rap for spreading the bubonic plague, which killed ...

Gerbils are a beloved classroom pet, but they might also be deadly killers. A study now claims that gerbils helped bring bubonic plague to Medieval Europe and contributed to the deaths of millions.