The opossum is the only marsupial native to North America and can be found throughout the southern part of the United States.

Feel like dissing instead of kissing your former lover this Valentine’s Day? Think your ex is more like a rat than a prince?

Often dismissed as pests, rats have long been misunderstood. But the African giant pouched rat (Cricetomys ansorgei), the world’s longest, is challenging that perception. With its intelligence and ...

Helicopters will drop poisoned rodent chow while drones will sweep the island with thermal vision seeking the cats.

They can set up home beneath decking, in sheds or greenhouses, and compost bins. Like all living things, rats need food, water and shelter to survive. Remove at least one of these from your garden or ...

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You don’t want to be like Sisyphus pushing that boulder up a hill.” In DC, Brown said he is optimistic about the city’s battle to keep its rats under control. “Nobody in the world thinks ...

An extra month may not sound like much, but female rats can have a litter every month. Each litter is eight to 16 baby rats, Richardson said: “That is a recipe for accelerated population growth.” ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. A rat leaves its burrow at a park in New York City on Sept. 17, 2015. ( AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File) A rat ...

FILE - A rat leaves its burrow at a park in New York City on Sept. 17, 2015. ( AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File) ...