Invasive species cause environmental mayhem when they establish themselves in a new ecosystem. But these interlopers can also ...

Rats have long been notorious for spreading disease, but a new study reveals just how much human-altered landscapes can ...

A third fatal case of hantavirus was confirmed in Mammoth Lakes. All three cases this year occurred earlier than the usual ...

Researchers have developed a method to extract living cells from feces that they say could help conservationists better ...

INFECTION TYPICALLY OCCURS BY INHALING FECES OR DRIED ... far more than 30 mammal species than previously known — among them ground squirrels, chipmunks, gophers, rats and even house mice." ...

Officials have revealed that Gene Hackman and Betsy Arakawa’s New Mexico home was riddled with rodent infestation before their deaths.

rats and even house mice. The most likely way people get infected is when they breathe in aerosolized droppings excreted by the animals, he said. To determine whether species other than deer mice ...

Hantavirus isn't just in deer mice, according to a new peer-reviewed study from the University of New Mexico, which found the virus in a quarter of more than 1,400 small mammals tested across the ...

The residence where Hollywood icon Gene Hackman and his wife Betsy Arakawa tragically died in February was reportedly overrun with rats carrying a deadly disease, it has been disclosed. The couple, ...

The study shows that it's not just the black rats, but also the way humans use land, like farming or cutting down forests, ...

Invasive species cause environmental mayhem when they establish ... The pathogens mainly spread to people via exposure to rodent urine and feces. "We were particularly interested in hantaviruses here ...