Researchers think they have debunked the origin of Chicago's so-called "rat hole," one of the Windy City's weirdest local ...

A file photo depicts two rats. Alberta's rat control program is investigating what is believed to be a rat seen in the southeast Calgary community of Inglewood. (Sanjay Kanojia/AFP/Getty Images - ...

A wide-eyed kangaroo rat sits hunched in darkness among sparse tufts of desert plant life. But the diminutive rodent isn't alone in the Arizona desert. Just inches away, a deadly sidewinder ...

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Scientists have been curious about how kangaroos evolved to hop with such efficiency. To investigate that, researchers turned to a sort of evolutionary second-cousin of the kangaroo, the musky ...

Officially, the ngudlukanta – also known as the desert rat-kangaroo (Caloprymnus campestris) – is one of the many small Australian mammals lost to cats and foxes, but all hope is not gone. If ...

With winter’s arrival, pack rats are starting to get into attic spaces here in SaddleBrooke, which in turn, has led to more calls from potential and current customers seeing or hearing noises in their ...

FREEPORT, Texas (KTRK) -- A group of pests derailed a charitable mission in Freeport on Monday. The Blue Santa Toy Drive, held by the Freeport Police Department, was put in jeopardy after rats soiled ...

Members of the Freeport Police Department Charitable Organization are looking for some Santa's helpers from the community after toys for their Christmas donation project were damaged. The charitable ...

FREEPORT, Texas — The Freeport Police Department needs help after a bunch of rats tried to ruin Christmas for children in their area. Every year since 2015, the Freeport community has been donating ...

Two environmental conservation groups have reached an agreement with three Southern California counties and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers that will establish 400 acres of habitat along the Santa ...