State game commission officials think Pennsylvania could use a few more rats. But not the kind that would cause a restaurant to fail its health inspection. The rodent in question is the Allegheny wood ...

ST. GEORGE — Thousands of years ago, a desert-hardy plant, now quintessentially southern Utahn, moved from what is now northern New Mexico across the Mojave Desert. And a native species of rodent ...

(WHTM) We usually don’t think of rats as animals in need of protection. If anything, we’re usually looking for ways to get rid of them. But one species of rat is in trouble, and needs our help. As ...

The secret to surviving a rattlesnake bite may lie not just in genetics, but in the temperature outside: New research reveals that weather and diet can shape how well desert wood rats, a form of pack ...

As temperatures begin to cool down for Fall and Winter, one rodent known to cause headaches for SaddleBrooke homeowners is the pack rat. Also known as wood rats, pack rats have terrible eyesight, ...

On the East Coast, especially in major cities, rats are seen as a nuisance. On the West Coast in Portland, they receive advanced medical care from the team at Rat Way Sanctuary. It even has a video ...

Florida has a lot of rats. Palm rats, cotton rats, Gambian pouched rats, Key Largo wood rats, silver rice rats, Sanibel rice rats, Norway rats and common black rats — they all can be found in the ...

This past fall and early winter were wet ones in Arizona. In addition to the rain, the colder temperatures forced critters to seek warm shelter in our homes, garages and even under our cars’ hoods.