Trim bushes and trees near your home’s foundation to prevent rats from nesting outside. Clear away fallen fruits and nuts, ...

Look all over your house, from the roof to the foundation ... hunting and killing mice when they find them. Cats aren’t a ...

Roof rats—Rattus rattus ... The island nation of New Zealand is thinking even bigger. It plans to kill all the rats in the country—with traps and poison baits spread over some 100,000 square ...

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"If you step onto an island with rats, there are next to no seabirds." By killing seabirds, this study revealed, rats disrupt a healthy ecosystem that depends on the seabird droppings, which ...

But Dr. Flint swore he would kill me, if I was not as silent as ... that I could not turn on the other without hitting the roof. The rats and mice ran over my bed but I was weary, and I slept ...

When I saw the youth trembling in the dimness of my study, I had the feeling that I was looking at my own shadow.

At first glimpse, it looks like a ghost ship anchored in the middle of the ocean, but this rusting, rat-infested former ... while I spent the night on the roof of our fishing boat.

Rentokil warned that nimble rats are expert climbers and will clamber up collapsed drains if you're not careful. Homeowners are also likely to fall victim to squirrel squatters if their roof isn't ...

As the war grinds on, logistical challenges are compounded by politics, repeated evacuations, and the fear of being killed.

Flash floods in Spain turned village streets into rivers, ruined homes, disrupted transportation and killed at least 95 ...