Meet Mirasol, one very, VERY large rat. “She’s about 1.7 kilograms,” says Jenny Egan, the Senior Area Manager for the Maryland Zoo at Baltimore.

Honolulu officials thought fire could stop the bubonic plague from spreading through the growing city. But high winds ...

The Premier’s statement is verified that plague existed in rats in places other than Wellington. In Dunedin, the rats have ...

When the Black Death hit London, England in 1348 CE, it began to affect the English language. Due to the class struggle ...

Drugged-up Texas rodents have reportedly been gobbling up marijuana and magic mushrooms stored as evidence in police ...

Bubonic plague, or the ‘Black Death’ as it became known during the pandemic of the 17th century, is one of the most deadly diseases to which humans have ever been exposed. Black rats often live close ...

DISGUSTED neighbours have been left holding their noses as stinking retail park bins overflow and rats run rampant with one of the rodents mauled to death by a dog. Fed-up Matt Brown who lives ...

When the Count sails to the fictional German town of Wisborg, rats crawl out of his ship’s hold, linking him to the 14th century Bubonic Plague or “Black Death". Assumed to have been spread by ...

ACCIDENTAL HOST—The Story of Rat Lungworm Disease reveals the frightening ... Having followed infections in Hawai i, she fears they could someday also plague the entire southeastern United ...

A reader describes how being hit as a child affected him in adulthood while another blames gentle parenting for the poor behaviour of our kids (Picture: Metro/Getty/Met Police) Ben is for smacking ...

Soldiers who called themselves 'tunnel rats' fought an underground war in Vietnam through an intricate maze of hardened ...

During that time, they believed if a black cat crossed one’s path, it meant you would soon die of the plague. That said, it’s possible this superstition came about because cats would follow rats, ...