A hot summer day can make for a good excuse to get out and about, but Dr Alison Vaughan, senior scientific officer at SPCA, ...

From movement to mating signals, slug slime plays a vital role in survival and explains those silvery garden trails.

Q: Every winter, I end up losing some of my indoor plants. They will look fine all summer, but once winter comes, they ...

Hogwarts Legacy features plenty of nods and cheeky references to the Harry Potter films, so here's a list of all that are ...

When you envision a black bear, you may picture our state’s second largest mammal as being a big, meat-eating killer. Technically, black bears are omnivores. Omnivores eat plants and animals. But did ...

Four experts defend their favorite animal pests, and explain why these helpful neighbors deserve to be a part of your yard's ecosystem.

Scientists fear new pandemic after filming rats eating bats. Scientists are newly worried about the potential spread of viruses like Covid-19 after viewing footage of rats hunting and devouring bats.

Rats have gotten a bad reputation over the years for being dirty, garbage-eating carriers of disease. But these ubiquitous rodents are also clever and capable of learning complex tasks, even using ...

When it comes to unexpected horror stories, humans may never beat nature at its scariest. In Germany, rats reportedly like to intercept bats near hibernation sites, killing and feasting on the local ...

When a Middlesex County couple began to notice holes burrowed into their suburban backyard more than a year ago, they weren’t sure what was to blame. Snakes? Groundhogs? Maybe, squirrels? Then Kathy ...

The Hawaii Department of Health has confirmed a case of rat lungworm disease in an individual on the island of Kauai. Rat lungworm disease, a parasitic disease also known as neuroangiostrongyliasis, ...

State health officials have confirmed a case of rat lungworm disease in a Kauai resident. Neuroangiostrongyliasis, commonly known as rat lungworm disease, is caused by a parasitic roundworm and can ...