First she saw the eyes, then the ears, then the tail. Jane Rohling had lived in Eagle for 20 years before she saw her first ...

Scientists were amazed to discover a 507-year-old clam that was already 100 in Shakespeare’s day, but why did it live so long ...

Wood ducks thrive on a flexible diet of acorns, plants, and insects, helping them recover across North America.

Residents document accelerating rat infestations across Treasure Valley. Official rat control efforts are slowed by Idaho statute, jurisdictional hurdles. Experts urge vigilance, preparedness to ward ...

Boise documents rising rat sightings and launches a rodent prevention webpage. City lacks clear jurisdiction; state and county agencies share gaps in authority. Officials urge resident sealing, ...

Norwegians ingest too many environmental pollutants. But the Norwegian Directorate of Health still recommends that people ...

Logan Kimball loves rats. He grew up with four as pets - Norway browns, like the pests, though altogether different in temperament than wild rats. As a kid, he found himself amazed by their ingenuity.

In the first study of its kind, scientists found a correlation between climate change and a rise in urban rat populations. A rat scurries across West Broadway in New York City. A study looking at rat ...

Bats beware. The ability to fly won’t save you from hungry, determined rats. In a first, brown rats were filmed hunting bats by catching them midair. The finding, published in the November Global ...

Bettongs may be small, but these Australian natives can crush hard nuts that would snap the jaws of much larger animals.

Residents of the growing town of Eagle, Idaho, are encountering a nuisance usually associated with big cities: swarms of rats. In Eagle that includes the acrobatic roof rat.

What do these creatures eat? It may well be the reason I've spent the past three years tackling this very question.