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But I don’t see a rat. I see a valuable crime- and disease-fighting buddy. Since 2010, trained African giant pouched rats like this one have sniffed out around 160,000 landmines and other ...

Kayla Goodman-Weinbaum was met with evidence of a furry trespasser when she returned to her Dupont Circle studio apartment on a recent summer night. She had heard noises in her walls for weeks ...

a newly formed "elite squad of anti-rat activists" created by the mayor's office to escalate the fight against the city's infamous pests. "Elite" is a bit of a stretch, like calling the local Cub ...

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Concerned Peterborough resident Ian Graham said he had seen rats "running around in broad daylight" nearby and watched "seagulls fight rats" over food there. Peterborough City Council said it was ...

These include two basic behaviors: In stressful situations, rats fight with each other; when they are happy, they wrestle and cuddle with each other and rub their snouts together. The researchers ...

Experts shared tips with more than 100 residents on how to hunt for slugs and snails, protect gardens and catchment tanks and take extra precautions with raw foods. Rat lungworm is caused by a ...