African giant pouched rats like Carolina prevented nearly 400,000 new cases of a deadly disease. It's possible because of ...

What that translates into is a win-win for rats: more people living in cities means more food for rats to eat, and warmer temperatures means that rats have more time to both search for food and ...

In the classic fable of the Pied Piper of Hamelin, getting rid of rats means losing your 'children'. This could symbolise parts of your personality that are undeveloped, immature or in need of ...

Doing so regularly will ensure you know what’s changed if rats do come around. In the Northern U.S., Fredericks says, that might mean burrows from your flower beds into your homes. In warmer ...

Even though Washington has the highest increasing trend that doesn’t mean it has more rats or even rat sightings, it is just that the numbers within the city are increasing fastest, he said.

For highly social animals, being alone can be stressful – often leading to poor health and anxiety – but solitary animals do just fine. In fact, Middle East blind mole rats become stressed and anxious ...