NATURAL TRAP CAVE, Wyo. -- It's time to praise pack rats. The small rodents with big eyes are helping scientists decipher climate change deep inside a chilly Wyoming cave. "Pack rats compulsively ...

Have you noticed rats in your home or garden? You might be wondering where rats live and what their habitats look like. Rats make nests and keep their offspring there when they are first born but ...

No one likes a rodent’s nest, and for good reason. Beyond sheltering mice, rats and other creatures we aren’t fond of, they kindle car fires, harbor bloodsucking bugs and infest the walls, ceilings ...

DEAR JOAN: I was cleaning up the yard and was trying to pull some previously clipped branches from an overgrown antique rose bush that had gotten about 20 feet off the ground, climbing on another bush ...

But the Windy City’s “rat hole” may not be what it seems. New research into the identity of the creature that caused a sidewalk imprint when it fell into freshly poured cement suggests the culprit is ...

For ground-nesting birds such as waterfowl, estimating nest survival is a crucial step in assessing population dynamics, and marking nests facilitates continuous monitoring. A conventional method for ...

Scientists worked out what lived in part of the Western United States tens of thousands of years ago by studying DNA found in pack rat middens. By Marion Renault No one likes a rodent’s nest, and for ...