Humans like to believe they are special. With the Christmas season ahead, compassion is on ourmind. We often feel that compassion makes humans noble, it seems to elevate us above the other, seemingly ...

Alex Bull was on the pavement outside Castle Court Shopping centre when the rat dashed out of a nearby phone box and ran up her wheelchair, before sinking its teeth into her hand. Speaking to the ...

On a winter afternoon in 2019, emergency services in the German town of Bensheim received a call that stood out. A rat had wedged itself halfway through a manhole cover and could not move in either ...

“We appear to live in an increasingly polarized society where there is a gap in empathy towards others,” said Bartal in a press release. “This work helps us understand prosocial, or helpful, acts ...