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. Syrian hamsters (also known as golden ...

Adorable photos show the one-year-old Syrian hamster curled up inside the empty ... who took her to the pet charity's rehoming centre in Wherstead, near Ipswich. Vet checks showed the hamster ...

Animal care technicians at Georgia State University observed a series of peracute deaths in a colony of 210 Syrian hamsters. Thirty-five animals residing in three animal rooms (two rooms in one ...

Now, a study led by Assistant Professor Masamitsu Sone and Professor Yoshifumi Yamaguchi of the Hokkaido University, Japan, has identified a key gene that helps hibernating Syrian hamsters (golden ...

Golden hamsters, or Syrian hamsters, are usually around 6 to 8 inches long ... And at 8 to 10 inches long, guinea pigs are generally larger than many pet gerbils and hamsters. Behavior-wise, hamsters ...