Rats aren't just a nuisance. They can carry diseases and are a leading causes of property damage. One community in ...

Could birth control be the key to curbing Chicago's rat infestation? A new pilot program moving away from rat poison is launching on Tuesday in what has been dubbed America's "rattiest city." The new ...

Doctors and scientists reported a case of Seoul virus infection in a woman. The Seoul virus belongs to the hantavirus family ...

Naked mole-rats live in colonies of two breeders and around 300 non-breeding workers. Although the breeding pair carries the metabolic cost of reproduction and, in the queen's case, lactation, they ...

Tommy Trenchard / for NPR Daniel is on a mission. Somewhere in the rubble and debris that surround him inside this wrecked building in central Tanzania, a survivor is trapped. Daniel is determined to ...

Rats caught in a San Joaquin Valley orchard. An infestation of roof rats in the central San Joaquin Valley of California has caused more than $300 million in damage as the population of the hungry ...

To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. Controlling rat populations has been a problem for ...

African giant pouched rats have an exceptional sense of smell - they are used to detect land mines and tuberculosis - but scientists know very little about their biology or social structure, and ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — A Jacksonville homeowner said his neighbor’s overgrown yard is becoming a breeding ground for snakes and rats. Now he claims they’re creeping onto his property. Sam Riddick has ...

Slithers and squeaks frighten most people, however those noises are part of critter enthusiast Tom Yeager’s everyday life. Yeager, 74, started raising and breeding ball pythons and rodents about six ...

This year was supposed to be a good year for selling bamboo rats to eat. Prices had been rising steadily as had their popularity as a delicacy when grilled. Then the coronavirus hit. "People nowadays ...

The Allegheny woodrat has been on Indiana's state endangered species list since 1984, and researchers are working to boost ...