In gangster movies, mob bosses worry that a “rat” will betray them. Now, criminal wildlife poachers might need to start fearing real rats. Scientists have trained giant African rats to sniff out rhino ...

(CNN) — The millions of Norway rats that live alongside New Yorkers are among the animals that can catch the virus that causes Covid-19, a new study says. However, reports of the virus spreading from ...

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Dogs love nothing more than playing fetch, whether it is with another dog, their tail, or rodents. In a viral video shared to TikTok (@labradoodlelambo), a dog can be seen desperately trying to catch ...

Brown rats are seen on video for the first time ever hunting bats systematically, doing so by stalking the flying mammals before catching them out of midair. Though the footage is historical and ...

First she saw the eyes, then the ears, then the tail. Jane Rohling had lived in Eagle for 20 years before she saw her first ...

A Brooklyn dog has taken the city’s rat problem into her own paws. Luna, a 7-year-old, 31-pound Schnauzer-mix, has caught and killed more than 200 of the rodents since early 2023. “She is like the ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Downing Street has a new occupant -- a street-smart character with a licence to kill. Larry the cat has been brought in to the Prime Minister's official residence to clean up a gang ...