Two cases of pneumonic plague reported in northern China

Chinese officials downplay, say both patients are being treated as rules mandate

The sleepy saw-scaled viper

Largely nocturnal, this brown snake is seen under rocks and fallen logs

Modelled on mice

Genetically engineered test mice provide the ray of light in thalassaemia research

The Bishkek bite

‘If trees are lost, giant and flying squirrels will lose their arboreal highways’

Three researchers talk to Down To Earth about the real danger facing India’s canopy-dwelling rodents

The original Mus

Researchers zero in on the Indian subcontinent as the possible birthplace of that most evasive of pesky mammals - the house mouse

The mystery of the mouse that died of smoke inhalation, but went nowhere near a fire

The mice didn’t die immediately after inhaling the smoke. When temperatures in Canberra spiked at more than 40℃, they went into …

Rodent menace

The plague of Samar Island

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Coconut cracker

The eriophyid mite has a field day, while officials sleep tight. The pest attack was first reported in 2000, when a farmer from the Puri …

Rat menace

The flowering of the bamboo is bad news for the people in Mizoram

Look beyond invasive species

Competition, not predation, is the most influential process that shapes food web  

Rat chronicles

The tiny rodents that most people link only to pestilence and crop destruction have fascinated Ishwar Prakash -- one of that rare breed: a rat …

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Climate has its say

Land formation does not get to decide biodiversity alone  

Animal sacrifice

150 million animals are killed for research worldwide. Do humans really benefit?

Carcinogenic enzymes blocked in human body

Don't smell a rat

Climate change may aid spread of Lassa fever from west to east Africa by 2070: Report

The number of people at risk of exposure to Lassa fever in Africa would increase by 600%, according to new study

Pied pipers of Irula

Rats.... rats.... we've got to get rid of the rats. Irula tribals offer the most environmentally-safe, low-cost way to do it

Pied piper in lab

Scientists devise genetically tweaked rats to study cancer

COVID-19: Is India equipped to carry out clinical trials on vaccines?

The country does not have the animals for such pre-clinical trials

New addition

Pollution masks for rats

Rodents destroy crops in Mizoram