Invasive species cause environmental mayhem when they establish themselves in a new ecosystem. But these interlopers can also ...

Hantavirus is a rare disease in the US, with most cases concentrated in the western states of New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado ...

Would you keep a rat as a pet? For some people, a rodent is an ideal companion. Some living in Rajasthan, India, take it even further. Here, rats are revered to the point that they even have their own ...

Hantavirus – the virus that causes hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS) and took the life of Gene Hackman's wife Betsy – has ...

Hantavirus isn't just in deer mice, according to a new peer-reviewed study from the University of New Mexico, which found the virus in a quarter of more than 1,400 small mammals tested across the ...

Women incarcerated in New Mexico are suing the state corrections department, saying little has been done to address “filthy” kitchen conditions at their prison where an infestation of pigeons and ...

"I've seen loads of rats here," says a man strolling past the pile. "People walk here and chuck their bags on top and I have to live next to it. "Look at this," he says, as he gets his phone out ...

An African giant pouched rat is being honored in the record books after detecting more than 100 landmines and other undetonated explosives in Cambodia, Belgian non-profit APOPO announced Friday.

Rats have been hitting the headlines in the West Midlands recent weeks with reports of sightings of them being bigger than cats amid the Birmingham bin strike. But despite the bad press they ...

Hollywood actor Gene Hackman's wife, Betsy Arakawa’s recent death brought the rare respiratory disease, Hantavirus Pulmonary ...

Millions of anti-personnel landmines are buried around the world, and while groups work to remove them safely, in recent years they’ve turned to a novel tool to help: Rats. And one rat based out ...

New York City is preparing to roll out an unconventional strategy for tackling its rodent problem: rat birth control. The city says its pilot program goes into effect April 26, distributing ...