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 ...

Hamsters are one of the most popular small pets because they are cute, low maintenance, and fun to watch. Despite their tiny ...

If your pet hamster nearly bites off your finger as you try to stroke its fur, don't assume it hates you. Maybe it's just in a bad mood. Even hamsters have good moods and bad moods, scientists have ...

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 ...

A group of researchers made gene-edited hamsters that were meant to be less aggressive. The researchers used CRISPR, a gene-editing platform, to remove a gene they believed was responsible for ...

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 ...