DEAR JOAN: After two years of our bird feeder hanging in a tree in our backyard, it began to appear something other than small birds were feeding there. At first, I thought it was scrub-jays tipping ...

A bird feeder can bring many of our feathered friends into your garden, but you can easily also invite in rodents and predators to your green space with this common mistake - but it's easily remedied ...

Rat on a bird feeder trying to get sunflower seeds. - Poggensee/Shutterstock One of the most discouraging sights for anyone who puts up a bird feeder is discovering that the visitors enjoying it ...

Q Yesterday, my neighbor left a note requesting that I no longer feed the birds and squirrels with hopper feeders. He says they're attracting mice. The feeders are filled with sunflower seeds and are ...

If you want to keep on attracting birds to your garden this autumn, but not rodents, experts have shared some important advice.

The United Kingdom has banned imports of feeder rodents from Lithuania because of a Salmonella outbreak in humans. An ongoing outbreak of Salmonella Enteritidis has been linked to mice imported from ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is warning consumers that Reptile Industry Inc.’s Arctic Mice brand frozen rodents purchased from PetSmart since January 11, 2014, might be contaminated with ...

Because my neighbors and I have noticed frequent signs of rodents around our homes this summer, we asked Ray Travers, vector control specialist with the County of Santa Cruz to speak with our home ...