The wonderful world of tennis is helping nature’s tiniest mammals survive. Each year, following Wimbledon, thousands of used tennis balls are donated to UK Wildlife Trust. Volunteers at the ...

Two new species of delicate mice — Australia’s smallest rodents — were recently discovered, according to a new study. Photo from Joey Csunyo, UnSplash Two species of tiny rodents have lived undetected ...

The May 2026 outbreak of a type of hantavirus, called Andes virus, among passengers of a cruise ship has brought rodent-borne ...

Public attention surrounding hantavirus outbreaks often focuses, understandably, on the immediate health risks associated with rodent exposure.

Weak surveillance and climate change could allow deadly hantaviruses to spread unnoticed across African countries, raising ...

WASHINGTON — It has the face of a rat and the tail of a skinny squirrel — and scientists say this creature discovered living in central Laos is pretty special: It's a species believed to have been ...