Earlier today, Lineker shared a now-deleted Instagram video from the Palestine Lobby account that overlaid a cartoon rat emoji on top of an explainer about the Israel-Gaza war.

In his comic strip “Pearls Before Swine,” Stephan Pastis playfully stresses the importance of local newspapers using the best tool in his arsenal: conversations between a cartoon rat, pig and ...

One year and 24 pages later, the comic book “Pretzel Rat” was released, named after Wojtkowski’s first rat, Pretzel. WFTS “Pretzel is a mail carrier,” said Wojtkowski.

Cartoon animals have been known to increase the popularity of their living counterparts as pets. Animal rights activists in Germany are attempting to head off a run on rats in the aftermath of ...