From South Asia to Europe, the black rat reshaped ecosystems, fueled pandemics, and costs billions in crop losses.

Seeing a large monitor lizard inside or around your home can be frightening. These reptiles are strong, fast, and can grow several feet long depending on the species. In tropical and subtropical ...

As mammals with large brains, humans experience smell as a powerful sensory experience that’s closely linked with memory. The smell of baking bread may take us back to a moment in Paris. A perfumy ...

Researchers in Uganda have discovered a complex network of animals feeding on bats infected with Marburg virus, capturing startling footage of potential spillover risks for the first time.

Discovery of many predators feeding on bats may be a ‘Rosetta Stone’ for understanding how diseases spread between animals, researchers hope ...

Bangkok’s giant monitor lizards didn’t turn up as a quirky tourist add-on. They were always in the region, and the […] ...

Lizard's Liquid Lounge announced recently that it will be closing for good in April after 18 years on Chicago's Northwest ...

In its latest efforts to reinforce the Communist Party line in China’s armed forces, the PLA Daily took aim at one particular invasive species: “big rats”. The rats were eating away at the PLA’s ...

Snakes are one of the few animals that regularly eat their own kind. In fact, there is a particular snake that feasts on a ...

Chicago's rodent problem is well known, but a new pilot program testing rat birth control to curb the population in problem areas is underway to help rein it in. The concept behind the program is ...

Farmers of Tamil Nadu led by Ayyakannu, State President of the National South Indian Rivers Linking Farmers' Association, staged a unique protest in front of the Trichy District Collectorate, accusing ...

Florida residents are no strangers to invasive reptiles. But this 6-foot-long African lizard poses an especially big threat.