This rat (shown pre-treatment) had its spinal cord injured while under anesthesia (a weight was dropped on its back) and then recovered its ability to take clumsy steps 42 days after having been given a derivative of a common blue food coloring, according to a study published July 27, 2009, by the Pro...
You're looking at Baldy, a hairless raccoon living in Toronto. Though images that have surfaced of her prompted all sorts of speculation as to what she might be, she's definitely a female raccoon. How do we know? She's given birth to healthy raccoon babies. That's a pretty good clue. Neighbors start...
At last, there's an island that isn't Madagascar that's yielding a new species. Unfortunately, it's a rat. A giant, cat-sized, wooly rat. Papua New Guinea's Mount Bosavi and its crater are home to all sorts of giant rats, which makes it a charming place in all sorts of ways. Bosavi, which hasn't ever s...