The Gootop Bug Zapper is a popular outdoor pest solution for warmer weather. This device uses UV light to attract and eliminate flying insects like mosquitoes and flies without chemicals. It is ...

Pest forecasts for 2026 have warned of a potential "bug boom" across parts of the United States, with warmer temperatures, heavy precipitation, and insulating snowfall creating conditions that may ...

Hantavirus is a rare but serious rodent-borne viral infection that can affect the lungs and kidneys. The virus mainly spreads through contact with infected rodents or their excreta. One of the most ...

On the opening day of the Cannes Film Festival, 600 leading figures from the film industry have published an opinion piece condemning the growing influence of the conservative billionaire on the ...

Rodents in South America may be poised to carry disease to new places. Warming temperatures and shifts in rainfall patterns could push some South American rodents to settle in new regions. Such shifts ...

Although U.S. officials stress that the risk to the public is low at this time, the Andes virus has raised alarms in part because of its high fatality rate: hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS), a ...

Javier Bardem, Ken Loach, Mark Ruffalo, Aki Kaurismäki and Yorgos Lanthimos have joined those backing an article warning about Vincent Bolloré’s grip on cinema. Almost 3,500 film professionals have ...

Hantavirus, the pathogen responsible for the deadly outbreak on a Dutch cruise ship, could be far more prevalent among rats than previously believed, according to a new study conducted in the US.

Irrigation canals around Boise have served as a rat superhighway, bringing an infestation so serious that health officials have floated declaring a public emergency. Irrigation canals around Boise ...

A surprising number of rodents captured during a recent study in the Pacific Northwest were carriers of the Sin Nombre virus, a type of hantavirus that belongs to the same family as the Andes type ...

Climate change is likely to shift the distribution of virus-carrying rodents, potentially increasing the risk of spillover, when viruses make the jump from animals to humans. This will likely expose ...