Hamsters will eat their own babies if frightened. They can fit almost a quarter of their body size in their cheeks. Visit Insider's homepage for more stories. Hamsters may be tiny, but they're hugely ...

Hamsters are nearsighted and colorblind. To find their way through dense fields, they rely on scent trails. Philippe Massit/ Courtesy National Office of Hunting and Wildlife Mathilde Tissier was no ...

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You might think earning your hamster’s love involves splurging on fancy toys or building a theme park in their cage, but it’s ...

Hamsters can stuff their cheeks with up to 20% of their body weight. Most of the time, they fill their cheeks with food, but sometimes mother hamsters store their babies in their cheeks for protection ...

As far as pets go, hamsters are pretty beloved. But how much do you really know about these tiny furballs? We’ve rounded up some fascinating hamster facts below. Although there are about 24 species of ...

Pet hamsters probably carried the Delta variant of SARS-CoV-2 into Hong Kong and sparked a human COVID-19 outbreak, according to a genomic analysis of viral samples from the rodents. The research ...

Hamsters are cute, furry mammals with oversized cheek pouches and short tails. These small rodents live in the wild, and some species are popular as house pets. There are about 20 hamster species ...

Research confirms a pet shop was the likely source of the recent Delta variant outbreak in Hong Kong Pet hamsters can transmit Covid to humans and are the likely source of a recent outbreak of the ...

The COVID transmission link between animals and humans is growing stronger. In Hong Kong, officials discovered a local pet shop employee was infected with COVID by hamsters in the store. People who ...