Having arrived on the Volga, the fleas – which had skipped from marmot to gerbil to camel – would now infest the traditional European culprit, the rat. But not our kind of rat. We are familiar with ...

The provincial and federal governments are reminding Albertans to "Rat on Rats!" with a new information campaign. For more than 70 years, Alberta has been designated rat-free by keeping rats from ...

RATS the size of cats have been causing mayhem in an Asda. The monster vermin have been filmed scuttling down the aisles to the horror of onlookers. Sources claimed the "infestation" had been ...

Rats, notorious for being unwelcome guests in gardens where they breed and scavenge for food, can easily transition from your garden to the inside of your home, using it as a gateway. These pests ...

Rats, infamous for their unwelcome presence in gardens where they breed and scavenge, can easily make the leap from your garden to the inside of your house. These vermin are masters of concealment ...

Honestly, you’re so welcome.” Fen Raft spiders can spin a web as large as 25cm and can grow to the size of a rat - but are completely harmless to humans. The fen raft spider has a brown or ...

and as a rat pet owner, he came across a publication using gerbils as scent detectors. He consulted with Prof. Ron Verhagen, a rodent expert at the University of Antwerp, who believed that the ...

Naked mole rats — unpretty rodents that can live for more than 30 years — seem to have quelled the genetic ghosts that haunt other mammalian genomes. In mammals, roughly half the genome ...