Avian enthusiast Emil Schachtzabel (1850-1941) was fascinated by the wide variety of hybrid pigeon breeds that fanciers ...

When their tails wag with delight when you come home or they snuggle into you on the couch, it’s hard not to feel grateful to ...

While the name of John Bumpass Calhoun might not be familiar to everyone these days, he and his life’s work — studying rats ...

Rats, infamous for their unwelcome presence in gardens where they breed and scavenge, can easily make the leap from your garden to the inside of your house. These vermin are masters of concealment ...

Along a similar vein is the annual scare story of giant spiders invading our homes over winter. Today, the Independent tells ...

Rats in particular hate the smells of both the green and white sage varieties. Simply sprinkle herbs onto soil, around outdoor plants, entryway crevices or crack around the house. The pungent ...

Rodents have made their way onto two recent flights. Here's what to do—and not do. Have you ever seen a rat, or any type of rodent, on an airplane? This was my go-to conversation opener at each ...

HOUSTON — An elderly couple in northwest Houston is dealing with a nuisance property that's causing problems at their home. With a lawn that looks like a forest, a long-abandoned house on ...

Swimming in toilets, scurrying through backyards and even interfering with a local badminton game — rats are once again plaguing part of the city, this time on one street in Old Ottawa East. Like ...

A prisoner released early and living on the streets has revealed how rats ate their way through his tent. Recovering heroin addict Luke Davies, 38, has been homeless in Bridgend county since he ...

“We have been inundated with flies, rats, smell, noise. It's just been horrendous,” says Mandy Royle, who lives in the closest home to the UK’s biggest waste incinerator at Runcorn in Cheshir ...