(CBS Local)-- Oh rats, it turns out your cat just isn't that interested. Cats have long been thought of as the natural enemy of rats. However, a new study shows that while your prowling feline might ...

We've long been told that cats can help tamp down rat populations—let's face it, who wouldn't want a Ninja force of cats to combat vermin? However, a new study from Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution ...

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When the cat’s away, the rats will play. Now a study has found that rats will play even when a bunch of cats are right there. Researchers from Fordham University observed rats and feral cats in a ...

Mice may stare out at chances they dare not take, as the poet Ted Hughes observed—but rats are another matter entirely. When caught in a cat’s gaze, a rat might stare brazenly back. It may scurry ...