Many people loathe rats and associate them with disease and filth – hardly a four-star recommendation for the furry creatures.

Matthews’ research deals with how donkeys react to drugs and how they handle anesthesia, which appears to differ from horses.

Buzzards could be called Mother Nature’s vacuum cleaner, and for good reason: they can eat things that would kill most people.

Pet birds often can eat the same food you might prepare for yourself.

A successful program to control the feral cat population has seen big benefits.

Robert Shearhart, a senior English teacher and retired football coach at Bandera High School, will be presented the Texas A&M University Inspiration Award for Exceptional Education.

Jonathan A. Friedman, M.D., has been named associate dean for the Bryan-College Station campus of the Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine.

Raymund A. Paredes, Will Wynn and William L. Perry will be Texas A&M’s mid-year commencement speakers.

Kids in the neighborhood called him “Tripod” because he hobbled around on three legs, but he was still one lucky pooch.

The Department of Geography in the College of Geosciences at Texas A&M University has been ranked ninth in Academic Analytics’ Faculty Scholarly Productivity Index.