For many in Congo and elsewhere in Central and West Africa, there is no shame in craving wild meat, a key part of the culture.

Condolences poured in for the Louisiana beaver-like legend who once appeared on Tucker Carlson’s Fox News show Sign up for the Breaking News US newsletter email Condolences have poured in for a ...

Climate change is likely to shift the distribution of virus-carrying rodents, potentially increasing the risk of spillover, when viruses make the jump from animals to humans. This will likely expose ...

Hantavirus is a rare but serious rodent-borne viral infection that can affect the lungs and kidneys. The virus mainly spreads through contact with infected rodents or their excreta. One of the most ...

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 ...

While the risk of wide transmission of the new hantavirus strain in Canada is “low,” Canada’s top doctor is asking Canadians to stay away from rodents to reduce the risk of infection. Hantaviruses are ...

Officials are investigating a hantavirus cluster linked to a cruise ship, with three confirmed and five suspected cases. Hantavirus is typically spread by rodents, but cruise lines have strict ...

(KRON) — A driver used an Amazon delivery truck to steal expensive electric-bicycles from homes around the Tam Valley neighborhood of Marin County, sheriff’s officials said. Earlier this year, four ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Theories abound, but one is fun: Mickey Mouse had hunger pangs and strayed from Disneyland to nearby Angel Stadium ...

Biologists with the California Department of Fish and Wildlife are working hard to eradicate nutria from the state. Michael Macor / The San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images Someone appears to have ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. The nutria has been a highly destructive rodent that poses a threat to the state’s agriculture and waterways.

For years now, California has been waging war on nutria, a highly destructive 20-pound rodent native to South America that poses a serious threat to fragile wetlands and endangered species. And now, ...