Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Does your hamster keep gnawing on the bars of its cage? Many owners notice this behavior and wonder what it means. Figuring out ...

**Reasons for Behavior:** Hamsters may eat their babies due to stress, fear, changes in scent, lack of food, or inability to care for all their offspring. **Prevention Measures:** Ensuring a calm and ...

Has your hamster been biting theor cage? While you may think this is a normal behavior due to all the chewing these tiny fur balls love doing, you need to think again. While yes, the constant gnawing ...

Hamsters seem to have a more optimistic outlook when they have access to creature comforts. Photo: Steimer, C./Corbis Hamsters have feelings, too. Just as people are inclined to interpret the world ...

Researchers experimenting with genetically engineered hamsters have found that the biology behind social behavior may be more complex than we thought. The team used CRISPR to block a certain ...

Researchers in France have discovered that a monotonous diet of corn causes hamsters to exhibit some unusual behavior—cannibalism. A new paper outlines the efforts of scientists at the University of ...