African giant pouched rats proved adept at detecting four commonly trafficked products derived from endangered species ...

Eugene and his esteemed colleagues (e.g. Lois, Campbell, and Eunice) – are some of around 50 giant African pouched rats working to diagnose tuberculosis (TB) infections in patients across Africa.

A six-month-old baby was found covered in blood with bone exposed after being brutally attacked and bitten more than 50 times by rats. The infant, who was resting in a bassinet in his parents ...

Editor’s note: This story contains descriptions and images of dogs hunting rats that could upset some readers. The sound of a rat screaming in the jaws of a terrier is the same sound that a ...

PEOPLE CAN PROTECT THEIR HOMES AND BUSINESSES. OKAY, SO I SEE ONE OVER HERE. RATS ARE NOT UNCOMMON IN SACRAMENTO. WE’RE JUST A GROUP OF FRIENDS AT THIS POINT WHO MEET UP ONCE OR TWICE A MONTH IN ...

New York City kicked off the very first Urban Rat Summit on Wednesday with Mayor Eric Adams declaring "War on Rats" while giving opening remarks for the event. The two-day event is being held at ...

A Southern Indiana father was found guilty on three felony charges after his 6-month-old son “nearly died,” according to prosecutors, after suffering more than 50 untreated rat bites at the ...

Tuberculosis (TB) is a confounding scourge. It's the leading cause of death from infectious disease in the world, and yet it's estimated that those deaths represent perhaps 5% of infections with ...

Rats, notorious for their ability to wreak havoc on crops and plants, carry deadly diseases to humans, and cause significant damage to properties, are a common sight in gardens and even indoors ...

Tuberculosis remains a critical public health issue in many countries and is a leading cause of death in South Africa. Over the past six years, the BEAT Tuberculosis study, conducted in South ...

B-rat summer’s not over yet. New Yorkers aren’t convinced the city’s new pizza box trash bins will keep away ‘za-loving rodents. City parks department officials unveiled new anti-rat trash ...

The study explains why treatments for many autoimmune and inflammatory diseases raise the risk of contracting TB -- and also upends long-held assumptions about what kicks off an immune response.