A film maker who created a short movie about rats has said he thinks the animals get "a bit of a bad rap". Luke Cowdell, a ...

After the beloved Eurasian owl Flaco was found dead with rat poison in his system, animal advocates called for rat birth ...

While some colubrids — like the African boomslang — carry dangerous venom, you'll be happy to know rat snakes don't. Within the Colubridae family, rat snakes are themselves a big (and colorful ...

Meagen Wallace, from Austin in Texas, made the grim discovery when she and three-year-old son Jameson were about to leave ...

South Africans was stunned by the size of a rat roaming a bank in Pretoria. One man shared a now-viral clip of the pest and ...

HE is on a mission to help our pets  . . . and is here to answer YOUR questions. Sean, who is the head vet at tailored pet ...

To control them, people often resort to poisons. But chemicals that kill rats can also harm other animals. The most commonly used poisons are called anticoagulant rodenticides. They work by ...

The CD1 gene family in mammals is responsible ... the number of CD1 genes differ greatly in various animals. For example, mice have two, rats have one and guinea pigs have as many as nine.

The CD1 gene family in mammals is responsible for protein synthesis that protects the ... The constitution and the number of ...

A giant rodent may be the stuff of nightmares for some people, but in the case of Cinnamon the capybara its owners were “absolutely delighted” to get the animal back after a daring escape ... to catch ...

Batten down the hatches. They’re on their way. We’re talking about rodents, mice and rats, which are formidable enemies to ...

Last year Mark was called out to a home where the family puppy had died ... but you should be concerned if you have rats. "Our gardens are homes to various animals, from birds to hedgehogs to ...