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Scattered mouse droppings and debris on a textured white surface with circular patterns.

Home

Midwest homeowner vacuumed mouse droppings for years, then learned hantavirus can be 40% fatal

A rat peeks out from under a moss-covered roof tile among damp stones.

Home

Washington's rat birth control is working as burrows drop in Adams Morgan, Eastern Market

A path lined with purple heather.

Tech

Estonia warns earthworm-eating 'ocher flatworm' may hitchhike in potted plants

Bees.

Home

Singapore resident opens bathroom door, finds thousands of bees building a nest inside

A fly rests on a surface with a green object blurred in the background.

Tech

Texas releases 700 million sterile flies that glow under UV to stop flesh-eating screwworm

A cardboard box on the floor with red rat poison pellets scattered around it.

Home

Washington rat bill could restrict at-home poison after 12 kids were hospitalized

A rat sniff the ground near a playground

Tech

New Mexico wild rat tests positive for plague after 4 dogs diagnosed earlier this year

A disassembled device with wires and a small motor on a concrete floor.

Home

Homeowner returns to dead thermostat after trip, then discovers a mouse nest in outdoor AC unit

A rocky shoreline with driftwood and grasses, leading to the ocean and distant islands under a clear sky.

Outdoors

Alaska's Pribilof Islands make rare exception to dog ban for trained rat hunters

A black pig standing inside a metal enclosure with dirt and grass on the ground.

Outdoors

Florida police trap 50 feral hogs as neighborhood complaints of torn-up yards surge

A person testing water.

Tech

Guam delayed warning after tests found banned pesticide in well serving 1,200 residents

Two raccoons.

Home

Raccoons invade homes, temples across Japan, chewing wiring and fouling an 80-year-old temple