Entomologists and pest-management researchers at Rutgers University in New Jersey had a mystery on their hands. Over the course of several years, many local pest control crews had told them similar ...

You may be at greater risk of contracting a hantavirus strain that can cause a deadly respiratory disease in humans if you live in the Pacific Northwest, a new study shows. Nearly 30% of rodents – 189 ...

A surprising number of rodents captured during a recent study in the Pacific Northwest were carriers of the Sin Nombre virus, a type of hantavirus that belongs to the same family as the Andes type ...

Although U.S. officials stress that the risk to the public is low at this time, the Andes virus has raised alarms in part because of its high fatality rate: hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS), a ...

Rodents in South America may be poised to carry disease to new places. Warming temperatures and shifts in rainfall patterns could push some South American rodents to settle in new regions. Such shifts ...

A suspected hantavirus outbreak aboard a cruise ship in the Atlantic has left at least three people dead and triggered an international investigation — putting the rare but potentially deadly disease ...

Climate change is likely to drive rodent-borne arenaviruses into parts of South America that have never faced these diseases, putting new communities of people at risk, finds a study from the ...

Holly has a degree in Medical Biochemistry from the University of Leicester. Her scientific interests include genomics, personalized medicine, and bioethics.View full profile Holly has a degree in ...

The Food and Drug Administration has issued a recall for Simply Nature Spinach Bites, a frozen food product sold at Aldi locations on the east coast. The recall was first initiated on Jan. 16 but was ...

Aldi is recalling a frozen food product from store shelves following a Food and Drug Administration (FDA) notice citing potential contamination with rodent hair. The recall involves Simply Nature ...

We’ve just had an epic win for our native animals, such as owls, goannas and eagles. And after years contributing to the scientific evidence on the wildlife impact of rodent poisons, it’s a day ...

Mice may look cute, but these furry rodents carry disease and cause destruction when they appear in your home or RV. Now is the time to mouse-proof where you live. There are many options for repelling ...