Urban environments provide ideal conditions for rodents to thrive, and among the most common intruders are rats and mice. Both species have adapted remarkably well to human habitats, taking advantage ...

Victor Vasquez, a manager with Truckee Meadows Pest Control, sees a lot of rats. "We get calls every day for (rats)," Vasquez said. "Some days are lighter than others, majority are in Incline and in ...

What does it feel like to be a rat? We will never know, but some very unusual mice may now have an inkling. In a series of new experiments, bits of rat brain grew inside the brains of mice. Donor stem ...

Irrigation canals around Boise have served as a rat superhighway, bringing an infestation so serious that health officials ...