You might think that ‘hero rats’ are the lead characters of a new Pixar movie, but these happen to be actual African Giant ...

On March 8, 2025,” the legend goes, “an automated wildlife monitoring camera deployed by the Brazilian National Institute of ...

TB is sometimes thought of as a thing of the past, but it remains the number-one cause of death globally from a single ...

Lassa fever, a disease that spreads during the dry season in Nigeria, is an animal-borne or zoonotic, acute viral illness spread by the common African rat also known as the mastomys rat species.

African giant pouched rats like Carolina prevented nearly 400,000 new cases of a deadly disease. It's possible because of ...

The natural reservoir for the virus is the multimammate rat (also known as the African rat), although other rodents can also act as carriers. The public health institute stated that Lassa fever ...

Tests determined it was a "previously unrecognized hantavirus." The hispid cotton rat is about 8 to 14.6 inches long, with a tail that ranges from 3 to 6.6 inches long, according to the Tennessee ...

Athol Fugard, who has died aged 92, was widely acclaimed as one of South Africa's greatest playwrights. The son of an Afrikaner mother, he was best known for his politically charged plays ...

Lassa fever is an acute viral haemorrhagic fever caused by the Lassa virus and is usually found and spread by multimammate rat. The multimammate rate, also known as the African rat is the major ...

CANTON, Ohio (WJW) – A Stark County couple is facing animal cruelty charges after authorities discovered horrific conditions inside their home, which included hundreds of living and dead rats.