Before you switch on your AC this summer, experts warn your unit may be harboring rodents — and the health and safety risks ...

Global agencies, including the WHO, are still monitoring the hantavirus outbreak on MV Hondius, which infected 11 people and resulted in three deaths. The infected people are from 23 different ...

Worcester has increased staff to combat the rat population and could impose fines on owners of properties with trash and ...

As a car owner, you will run into standard issues from time to time. Flattened tires, faulty thermostats, or squeaky brakes are nothing out of the ordinary. But some problems border on the ...

Rodents are the largest group of mammals on Earth. They exist—and often thrive—on every continent except Antarctica. Now, new research is shedding light on an underappreciated rodent feature that ...

New research shows that more Pacific Northwest rodents than expected carry hantavirus, Scientific American reports. In an article headlined “A shocking number of Pacific Northwest rodents may carry ...

Hantavirus, a rare disease typically caused by exposure to infected rodents’ urine or feces, is suspected in the deaths of three people after an outbreak aboard a cruise ship in the Atlantic Ocean.

Researchers (left to right) Gordon Shepherd, Anderson Feijó, Lauren Johnson, and Rafaela Missagia, working in the Field Museum’s mammal collections. Picture a squirrel eating an acorn. It’s holding ...

Learn why many rodents have short nails on their thumb rather than long claws, a trait that has helped them eat and thrive for millions of years. Humans and many rodents share one feature in common ...

A hantavirus strain that causes deadly respiratory disease in humans may be more prevalent among rodents in Pacific Northwest, new study says.

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Gurgaon: Heaps of horticulture waste lying unattended for the past six months at Adarsh Park, opposite the HSVP market in ...