A research team led by Prof. Liu Xuanyong from the Shanghai Institute of Ceramics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has ...

“It all started from an accidental observation,” says Li Zhang, a systems neuroscientist at the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California (USC). While conducting laboratory ...

Disney movies are largely associated with singing princesses and comedic animal sidekicks. As a result, it's easy to forget ...

By Mike Sullivan Click here for updates on this story BOSTON, Massachusetts (WBZ) — Massachusetts lawmakers want to restrict a type of rat poison that is particularly dangerous to birds, pets and ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said hantavirus is a family of viruses. The viruses can cause two syndromes.

Some states have wildlife rehabilitation centers staffed by a mix of government employees and volunteers, but not Louisiana.

Gene Hackman's wife, Betsy Arakawa Hackman, died from hantavirus pulmonary syndrome. What is hantavirus and how does it spread? Experts weigh in on the fatal disease.

A New Mexico medical examiner revealed on Friday afternoon that Gene Hackman’s wife, Betsy Arakawa, died from hantavirus ...

The disease is often carried by rats and mice and humans can become infected when coming into contact with rodent urine, ...

Another person was more skeptical. “I'd eat a lot of things but I draw the line at Giant rats,” she wrote on Facebook. Nutria ...