A chinchilla is neither a rat nor a rabbit. It is a rodent, but it belongs to its own special family called Chinchillidae.

If Rat and Rabbit get in a relationship dynamic that encourages both to identify too strongly with what makes them feel out of control, little cruelties can grow into large ones.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife biologist Fumika Takahashi, right, and Restoration Science Ecologist Haley Mirts from River Partners ...

By the time the Rabbit woke up, he had already been outpaced by the rat, the ox, and the tiger. Because of this, the Rabbit, as a zodiac animal, is seen as prideful to a fault, yet a little dimwitted.

Japan's Ryukyu Islands, which includes Okinawa, are the exclusive home to two rare mammals, the Amami rabbit and Ryukyu long-furred rat. These animals are hard to observe, but conservationists ...