In 2013, researchers studying the island's other rat species caught two of these pig-snouted rodents inside traps. They knew right away that the captured specimens were special, said Jacob ...

Researchers at The Ohio State University found that a strain of rat HEV isolated from humans could infect pigs and was transmitted among co-housed animals in farm-like conditions. Rats are common ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Scientists have published the first peer-reviewed account of creating pig–human hybrid fetuses ... also reports the creation of mouse–rat and human–cow hybrids on 26 January in Cell 1.

open image in gallery This photograph shows injection of human iPS cells into a pig blastocyst (Juan Carlos Izpisua Belmonte) The researchers started by creating a rat and mouse chimera by ...

THE firm behind one of Scotland’s largest pig farms will escape prosecution despite secret video footage which revealed animals were living in rat-infested conditions. Animal welfare ...