Rats are especially active during the summer months and can take over your property

Rats and mice are not just a nuisance – they can carry diseases and cause damage to your property

The food safety authority slapped 'Yama', which is located on Gerald Griffin Street in Blackpool, Cork, with an immediate closure notice on April 23.

A Titan Airways flight carrying 20 passengers rescued from cruise ship MV Hondius depart the Canary Islands bound for isolation unit in Merseyside following 'unprecedented' evacuation

The captain of the MV Hondius told passengers they were safe from infection, only for three people to die from a deadly rat virus on the $10k-a-head cruise

Hantavirus, the deadly disease spread by rat and mice urine, is at risk of spreading across the globe after a cruise ship was forced to quarantine passengers due to an outbreak of the disease

Irish gardener Peter Dowdall has warned that rats are common in most gardens in Ireland.

A hantavirus outbreak onboard the cruise ship MV Hondius has left three dead and a British national in intensive care

Gardening expert Alan Titchmarsh warns bird feeders can attract rats during spring breeding season - but there's a simple solution to keep them away from your garden

The first three months of the year saw a sharp increase in rat and mouse activity

Making the easy change can stop rats coming into your garden

Rat infestations are nothing new to New York, after all, as the city ranks among the top 5 where the rodent population is the highest. In fact, the prevalence of rats running around the city became an embedded token into NY culture, even landing itself a spot in the New Yorker—-often Staten Islander—-lingo when referring […]

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A garden bird feeding expert has warned there may be a mistake you're making when it comes to feeding the birds in your green space – and it may be attracting rats

Spring is the prime breeding season for rodents, but there are easy ways to make your outdoor space less attractive to them

Experts are turning to high-tech pills to halt a super-rat invasion as the cat-sized, disease-ridden pests become immune to traditional poison

As spring approaches, experts recommend sprinkling black pepper in your garden to help deter key rodent from destroying your plants.

Spring is arriving, but conversations around the city keep circling back to the war—bombings, oil prices, and the prospect of boots on the ground. At bars, clubs, and bagel shops, the mood turns serious quickly. There’s little joking about it. Mostly, people wonder how this war began when so few seem to support it; recent polls put approval around 29%. Meanwhile, governments in more than 50…

Compost bins can become a hotspot for pests in spring but gardeners need to check them now before flies start laying eggs in late March

Holly Laing has previously said the bin men in her area have refused to pick up her rubbish, leaving her and her partner Sam with piles of bin bags in their shed

Bosses at HMP Featherstone have turned to the felines to tackle an “infestation” after a watchdog painted a grim picture of the Category C jail

In New York, a rat czar and new methods have brought down complaints. We may even be ready to appreciate the creatures.

Bird feeders attract colourful birds to your garden - but making one common mistake could invite rats, squirrels and predators instead