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In the 2007 animated film Ratatouille, the rodent protagonist, Remy, is taken by his father to see the shop window of a Parisian rat catcher for a lesson in the laws of the universe. Alongside shelves packed with lethal rodenticides, dead rats swing by their necks from a makeshift gibbet. This, the young Remy is warned, is what happens when rats dare get too close to humans. Their world is one that belongs to an enemy.

A growing movement says they deserve a place in our cities, while elsewhere rodents are busy saving human lives. Is it time we love vermin?

Human beings are similar to mice: both are highl...

Japan’s busy capital Tokyo is the least sociable place where you don’t have neighbors, but next-door strangers

Young people are avoiding marriage, having children and buying a home amid tanking economy, concerns about future

Commissioner of Police Major General Antony Anderson is reported to have shrugged off the findings from a survey commissioned by a local media house in which the majority of respondents indicated ...

Normally, when one thinks of a G-rated film, kids are what come to mind. But honestly, animated movies can be scary as hell.

In 1982, Don Bluth proved he could go toe-to-toe with Disney and win with his animated masterpiece The Secret of NIMH.

IN the 1960s, American ethologist and behavioral researcher John B. Calhoun (1917-1995) conducted mouse experiments for the National Institute for Mental Health. According to Lawrence W. Reed of the Foundation

The turning point in the "mouse utopia" project—a behavioral research experiment that provided mice all the food and water they needed and ensured no predator could gain access—occurred on Day 315. Some of the aberrations recorded may surprise you.