Plagued by rats
In the months of August and September 1994, panic gripped the country as news of the plague epidemic in Surat spread. Few had cared to ponder …
Ecologically based rodent management can help control pests in rural India
Full community engagement, reducing access to food and shelter and direct killing is the best way to manage rodent populations
Tiny terrors
Ecological changes have favoured their growth. They cannot be decimated. Then how do you cope with this rodent problem, asks ANAMITRA CHOUDHURY
What risks could pet hamsters and gerbils pose in Australia?
If they are released or escape into the wild, hamsters and gerbils would compete with our native rodents for the same food resources
Bramble Cay melomys is first mammal to go extinct due to climate change
Australian government makes it official that the 'little brown rat' has vanished
After bats, do not make marmots into villains: Expert
The rodents have come into focus ever since reports surfaced of a bubonic plague outbreak in Mongolia, China and the Russian Far East
Bubonic plague of infamous 'Black Death' era strikes Oregon resident. Is there a climate change link?
When climate subsequently becomes unfavorable, it facilitates collapse of plague-infected rodent populations, forcing their fleas to find …
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Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in Supreme Court, high courts & National Green Tribunal
Eliminating rats
Rat menace
The flowering of the bamboo is bad news for the people in Mizoram
Global Eco Watch: Many factors may have caused muskrat decline in North America
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Stop consumption, trade of wild animals to prevent monkeypox spillover: Nigeria agriculture minister
Nigeria saw 21 monkeypox cases since the beginning of 2022
Rodents destroy crops in Mizoram