The CDC reports there have been 3 cases of hantavirus in Florida. Hantavirus has been found in cotton rats in Florida. There is no treatment for hantavirus. Patients receive supportive care.

Hantavirus is an infectious disease that’s normally spread through contact with rodents such as deer mice, cotton rats, rice rats and the white-footed mouse. The virus is typically transmitted ...

CANTON, Ohio (WJW) – A Stark County couple is facing animal cruelty charges after authorities discovered horrific conditions inside their home, which included hundreds of living and dead rats.

Authorities removed remains believed to be human, along with 253 rats from a Canton home. The resident of the home was charged with seven felony counts of animal cruelty. Organizations rescued ...

Known as the rat torture method, it originated in medieval Europe, a period of time that is remembered for its unique methods of torture and execution. While rats have been used as punishment ...

For centuries, government leaders and public health experts have been trying to get a handle on New York City's rat community, which continues to grow in size. But a new group is curious to ...

The Price is Right fans have proposed an interesting question. They know how the game Rat Race works in the sense of what has to happen in order for the contestants to win, but now they’re ...

A rat-infested sandwich shop in Leeds has been shut down and the owner banned from running a food business. Inspectors spotted a rat running behind fridges and freezers in the kitchen at Emma's ...

It was a squeak show. Things got freaky on a Manhattan-bound train when a funky rat flaunted its moves on a subway pole — shimmying up, down and around like an extra from “Showgirls.” ...

By Simon J. Levien The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has a suggestion to help curb the growing population of an invasive species that bears a resemblance to a very large rat: Eat them.

When Susan McIntyre’s second son Connor was born in August 1996 without a left hand, she believed it was just one of those things nature throws at you after doctors had no explanation.

“Rats!”, a gross-out action-comedy in the vein of “Pineapple Express” and “Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle,” throws us back into the suburban-youth aesthetics of the mid ...