African giant pouched rats have been trained to sniff out illegal animal parts like elephant tusks and rhino horns to catch ...

“Our study shows that we can train African giant pouched rats to detect illegally trafficked wildlife, even when it has been ...

CHICAGO — Rogers Park residents have reported finding rat poison pellets throughout the neighborhood, raising concerns about ...

Trim bushes and trees near your home’s foundation to prevent rats from nesting outside. Clear away fallen fruits and nuts, ...

We crafted our first rodent car from a plastic cereal container. After trial and error, my colleagues and I found that rats ...

If you are looking at tracking through the Serengeti (a national park in Tanzania), you’re not going to use a rat for that,” she says. However, being “very small and agile,” rats have the ...

Harry Houdini was a world-famous escape artist from the late 1890s until his death in 1926. Houdini the rat was a great ...

Their beaks are fairly small and not adept at holding larger amounts of seeds. Squirrels, however, are notorious for that ...

Most small animals are not spayed or neutered, the lone exception being rabbits, who are. The life span of most critters is ...

La Quinta residents are concerned about mountain lions in their backyards after one was spotted late last week. The sighting ...

The powerful, aromatic smell should keep mice and rats at bay ... vomiting and salvation for small animals. So if you have pets indoors, keep these far away, much like these flowers that you ...

Their beaks are fairly small and not adept at holding larger amounts of seeds. Squirrels, however, are notorious for that behavior. Rats do it as well. My guess is that a squirrel gathered the bounty ...