As landmarks go, a rodent-shaped hole in a Chicago pavement is probably not the best of what the United States has to offer.

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A statistical analysis of an infamous indentation in a sidewalk suggested a 99 percent likelihood that another rodent made ...

Scurrying around the blood-soaked dioramas and giant skeletons popping up on suburban lawns this October, you may find a red-eyed and sharp-fanged rubber rat or two. Because of their perceived ...

California's rules around agricultural rat poisons have changed in the last two years - and rodents have taken advantage of ...

For an IACUC at a large academic institution, it can be difficult to keep up with all the animal use compliance details such as personnel tracking, training, laboratory inspections and post-approval ...

Scientists who went shopping recently at an Asian food market got more than they bargained for—a rodent unknown to science was being sold as meat. Discovered in Laos, Southeast Asia, the animal is ...

"It is not uncommon that malfunctioning in watering valves or leaks of water bottles result in the accumulation of water in rodent cages (especially during holidays and on weekends), a circumstance ...

Whether for enrichment purposes or for nesting, rodents take advantage of every opportunity to chew on and destroy unprotected materials such as plastic, fabric and styrofoam 1. Therefore, feeder ...