A fat rat was rescued by firefighters and volunteers with Berufstierrettung Rhein Neckar, an animal rescue group, after it got stuck in a manhole in Germany.

A rat packing on a little extra winter weight got stuck in a sewer grate in Germany on Sunday afternoon, prompting an impressive rescue effort. Nine emergency responders, including firefighters ...

A fat rat nearly lost its life after getting stuck in a sewer grate in Bensheim, Germany. On Sunday, animal rescue operation Berufstierrettung Rhein Neckar responded to the scene to find a rat ...

Scientists studied pregnant mice on a high-fat diet. In findings appearing in the journal Nature Metabolism , they found that mom’s high-fat diet triggers immune cells in the developing brains of male ...