CORRECTS TO SAY 2,000 SMALL ANIMALS, NOT 2,000 HAMSTERS - A staffer from the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department walks past a pet shop which was closed after some pet hamsters were, ...

Hamsters are just one of several rodents that can stuff their mouths full of food and other goodies and carry it long distances to deposit somewhere else, such as its nesting place. Inside of their ...

Neurophysiologists in the Netherlands have found that if you place a hamster wheel outdoors in a natural setting, wild animals such as mice will come and run on it voluntarily. This suggests that the ...

Man pampers pet hamsters with more than 100 home-cooked meals An animal rescue campaigner has raised the alarm over fears that pets may be trapped in cages "too small" without proper rules in place.

The Alberta Animal Rescue Crew Society (AARCS) is seeking support from the community to rehabilitate an additional 16 baby hamsters who were born after an individual bought a pregnant hamster from a ...

Hamsters are as sweet as they are tiny – weighing in at just 100 to 150g, some varieties just 30 to 50g. With their cheeks stuffed with food, you just want to cuddle them. Don't. And do not buy them ...

Golden Syrian hamsters are highly susceptible to the coronavirus that causes COVID-19, a new study shows. While the species is popular among pet owners, the results, posted April 20 at bioRxiv, are ...

Should human beings feed golden hamsters to black-footed ferrets? This provocative question (and for some, an unanticipated query) leads to many others about how we interact with nonhuman animals ...

Hamsters can infect people with the coronavirus, which then goes on to spread among the human population — that's the assertion in a new study about the events of mid-January, when Hong Kong announced ...