SAN DIEGO (AP) — A San Diego family is suing Petco after the death of their 10-year-old son from a bacterial infection they say he contracted from his pet rat.

San Diego family says 10-year-old boy died after contracting illness from infected pet rat purchased at Petco. ... energetic, friendly, happy kid who actually had a prior rat, ...

Tamara Alsawaf and Joshua Valli tied the knot last Friday in front of delighted friends and family ... rat drops suddenly from tree branches and lands on the aisle, just a few feet away from the ...

Rats can make excellent pets for the right family. Rats as pets face a lot of ... need additional care to ensure they are healthy and happy. Like a sphynx cat, the sphynx rat is a rat variation ...

Rachel D’Ambrosio overcame what she describes as a ‘distressing upbringing’ to build up a nationwide windscreen replacement ...

A family of five can account for 3,000 rodents in one breeding season; a single owlet will eat its own weight in mice every night. Extraordinarily acute hearing lets the owls target their prey in ...

This week, West Memphis Mayor Marco McClendon announced that the Family Dollar distribution center will reopen after being shut down by a rat infestation. But not everyone is happy. The West ...

"Ratting" is the term used to describe hunting rats. Today, the practice has come back, but in a different form. In a Happy Ratters class, the goal is for the dog and owner to have a fun ...

The rat hunters’ primary motivation, they say, is making their dogs happy. The free pest control for the city is a bonus. But the dogs aren’t the only ones having fun. The humans see it as a ...