Gilbert’s potoroo vanished in the 1870s. It was believed to have become extinct about 120 years ago. It was (now is) one of Australia’s precious marsupial native species. It looks like a cute rat crossed with a kangaroo. Dr. Jackie Courtenay, a conservation biologist with …
This short video is testament to the resolve and durability combined with intelligence of the common rat. They will find a way to survive. And they have great balance as well! I think the rat is unfairly maligned and denigrated. The reason why they are …
NEWS AND COMMENT: Neighbours are understandably annoyed by this elderly gentleman because he lives in a mess of an apartment full of junk and he treats the rats that come into it as pets which means that he feeds them, which in turn means that …
The Times newspaper tells us that there has been a 6% rise in demand for pest control because of the coronavirus pandemic. Rats have moved into buildings such as storage facilities and office blocks which were temporarily abandoned as the workforce resorted to homeworking and …
This year New York City has a particularly bad rat problem. Sightings have rocketed with more than 12,000 complaints made to the city’s administrators hotline compared to 9,042 throughout 2019 according to the New York Post. The pandemic has contributed to several factors which have …
Tortoises are being attacked by hungry rats in the UK. The rats are gnawing at the legs of pet tortoises because they have been deprived of food that would normally have been available as waste outside opened restaurants and cafés. We all know about the …
