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On January 8, in the U.S. District Court here, Judge Charles Richey ruled that the Agriculture Department had no valid reason to omit from inspection, called for under the 1971 amended version of the ...

Just 16 days into 2026, there was a report of the first hantavirus detection of the year in California. Whilst it is not uncommon to isolate hantavirus from wild rodents in some parts of the US, it ...

A 1-tonne rodent has been discovered by scientists in Uruguay. But there is no need to worry, Josephoartigasia monesi is around 2 million years old and fossilised. J. monesi‘s skull, a whopping 53 ...

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It often starts quietly – a faint sound in the attic, strange scratching behind a wall, or small droppings near the pantry. These subtle hints can signal something much larger happening out of sight.

A Connecticut town is piloting a rodent birth control program to manage the town’s rodent population in a more environmentally responsible way, and animal rights advocates are hailing it as a success.