MIAMI (CBSMiami) - Big news in the world of science: Researchers have found that rats are ticklish. Furthermore, they even enjoy it. In a study published in the Journal Science, via New York Times, ...

We’ve known for a decade or so that humans aren’t the only animals who are ticklish. In 2003, researchers learned that rats “giggle” when tickled. They don’t move their mouths or shake their stomachs, ...

Need a good laugh? The feeling is pretty universal, according to researchers who tickled rats for the sake of science. When the animals received a 10-second tickle from a gloved hand, they responded ...

The severed arm of an octopus can crawl on its own and grab food. Elephants can distinguish between people based on age, language and gender. Crows are adept at using tools. In “Are We Smart Enough to ...

There are a few ideas about why humans experience ticklishness and there are also two kinds of tickling. One of them is a defense mechanism or warning sign that something moving is on you. Think ...

A laugh that prompts you to cry out, "That tickles!" activates different brain areas than a laugh not provoked by tickling, a new study from Germany suggests. In the study, about 30 men and women in ...