In Berkeley, California, officials confirmed that a man died from leptospirosis after living in a recreational vehicle they ...

Naked mole rats are weird. They spend their lives almost entirely underground, are largely insensitive to some kinds of pain, can persist without oxygen for a long time, rarely develop cancer, and can ...

Few animals look less like a medical marvel than the naked mole rat. Wrinkled, nearly hairless and blind for practical ...

A Bradford resident says a hole beneath a boundary fence has become a gateway for rats, leaving his family living with years ...

Rats are a scourge on island wildlife all over the world. But an island off the coast of Ireland is showing how to successfully gain the upper hand ...

Ascension Island offers a striking example of how quickly an introduced predator can reshape an island’s wildlife. Cats ...

Alberta may be rat-free, but it’s never been rat-proof.

Chris G. Faulkes is at the School of Biological & Behavioural Sciences, Queen Mary University of London, Mile End Road, London E1 4NS, UK. Read the paper: A queen odour mediates reproductive ...

Gardens often become magnets for rats, offering everything these pests require to thrive – food, hydration, and shelter.

The strange-looking creatures are one of two known mammals that use a social structure like that of bees and ants. A ruling rodent maintains power over her colony via one key chemical compound, accord ...