The phenomenon known as a "rat spill" takes place when a ship carrying rats docks at, or sinks near, an island previously rat-free. The rats come ashore by way of the gangplanks and ropes tied to ...

New research on the feeding habits of the desert rat-kangaroo could help locate the possibly extinct species, with ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Inside a chilly enclosure, a 7-year-old peregrine falcon named Breland plucked at a frozen rat carcass with her beak, tearing off patches of fur and flesh with little head ...