Who can we thank for introducing rats to NYC? Apparently Nathaniel Katz, "The Rat Man," who now has his own memorial in The Battery!

Rat and human lives have long intersected, but there's little relatively little research about them. Thanks to advances in ...

LONG-GONE species like the woolly mammoth, Tasmanian tiger, and dodo bird could return from the dead as part of a “de-extinction” campaign. The term “extinct” brings to ...

I’ve lived for many years in an old apartment building in New York and, for all the years I’ve spent in this elevator ...

Discover 10 common snakes in Iowa and learn how to identify them. Stay safe and informed with this handy guide.

Rats and mice can be pretty terrifying creatures to many folks. In Massachusetts, they are among the greatest winter pest ...

As early as the 1920s, some native mammals of South America, Asia and Africa have been introduced to Texas; now many of them ...

An SC school teacher and snake handler is fighting for his life after being bitten by a venomous snake. Plus a look at DC's ...

The Rat Terrier is one of many terrier breeds that was ... They also tend to have patterns on their coat. Some common colors include black, chocolate-brown, black and white, tan, and red. Other ...

See the 22 spiders that are commonly found in homes across the UK and when you might start to see more of them.

The spiders, which are the UK’s biggest, are “huge” and “skilled predators.” That comes from none other than the RSPB, which ...

Examining genomes shows that gene snatching is pretty common between prokaryotes such as bacteria, but it has also been found ...