Although Magawa weighed less than three pounds, his impact was monumental. The African giant pouched rat sniffed out more than 100 land mines during his five-year career, saving countless lives. To ...

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SAN DIEGO — Brain-eating worms known as "rat lungworm" have been found in San Diego County, the first time the parasitic worms have been found in any state west of Texas. According to new research ...

SAN DIEGO COUNTY, Calif. — Editor's note: A previous version of this article credited the research to the CDC. The study appeared in a CDC journal, but the research was conducted by the San Diego Zoo ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. A neurological disease called rat lungworm has been found in wild animals and one zoo animal in San Diego County, ...

Blackstone Valley Regional Vocational Technical High School has received a grant to purchase 10 life-size rat models for its biotechnology program, eliminating the need for traditional animal ...

Dead or Alive 7 is in development, and Dead or Alive 6 Last Round is on the way, too. Koei Tecmo Games series producer Yosuka Hayashi appeared during the February 2026 State of Play presentation to ...

Unit 731 operated as Japan’s biological warfare division during World War II but its methods were far beyond conventional warfare. Prisoners were deliberately infected with plague, cholera, and ...

A remote access Trojan (RAT)-as-a-service uses the Google Play Store to build poisoned versions of Android apps. That RAT's name is "Cellik," and it was covered this week in research published by ...

IRVINE, Calif. (KABC) -- A house of horrors in Orange County overrun with rats has been declared a public nuisance by the city of Irvine as neighbors grow frustrated with rodents roaming around freely ...