In rural Madagascar, the black rat is likely transmitting the deadly hantaviruses to humans. Since the beginning, rats have ...

A head injury at work led to a life-altering multiple sclerosis diagnosis, and as her health declined, the roof over her head was literally falling apart. But what happened next is a testament to ...

Hosting squirrels in the attic might seem harmless, but they wreak havoc on your home. Here's how to send them scurrying—for ...

Carolina isn't your average retiree. After seven years of devoted work, Carolina, an African giant pouched rat, had sniffed out more than 3,000 cases of tuberculosis that medical tests had missed, ...

Gardeners are being told they face a fine and up to 51 weeks in prison for using an illegal rat deterrent. Glue traps were made illegal for public use in a new law in 2022, and now anyone who isn ...

An expert has sounded the alarm that swarms of giant rats could potentially transmit a lethal illness in Birmingham amid ongoing bin strikes. Birmingham City Council issued a major incident notice ...

Hantavirus is a rare disease in the US ... (credit: REUTERS/ANDREW HAY) Los Angeles was deemed the second most rat-infested city in the US in 2024, according to a report by pest control company ...

However, huge piles of uncollected rubbish continue to sit on the city’s streets and locals have reported seeing giant rats the size of cats frolicking in the waste. Now, infectious disease ...

Animals still suffer unimaginable cruelty at wet markets around the world - in some of them, stolen cats and dogs cry out for help before they are slaughtered live in front of shoppers ...

Rats don’t always have the best reputations, but a rat called Ronin with a super sense of smell is working to change that.

Heart disease, a type of cardiovascular disease, remains the leading cause of death for both men and women, accounting for 17.4% of all U.S. deaths in 2021. An unhealthy diet is conservatively ...

Credit: SciTechDaily.com Rats have long been notorious for spreading disease, but a new study reveals just how much human-altered landscapes can influence their viral payloads. Researchers ...