This mountain lion, known as P-47, was found dead in Southern California on March 21, 2019, with rat poison in his system. National Park Service via AP Rats thrive around humans, for good reason: They ...

Rats thrive around humans, for good reason: They feed off crops and garbage and readily adapt to many settings, from farms to the world’s largest cities. To control them, people often resort to ...

When research scientists tracking P-22, the late beloved lion of Griffith Park, went to change the batteries in his GPS collar in 2014, they found him suffering from mange, a parasitic disease of the ...

For at least a decade, California has tried to restrict the use of rat poison so it stops killing all manner of creatures besides rats. So far, it hasn’t worked. When a wild animal preys upon a rat ...

Predator Free South Westland project aims to eliminate every possum, rat and stoat - and their goal is in sight. They have already been removed from more than 90 percent of the project area from the ...

This article was originally featured on The Conversation. Rats thrive around humans, for good reason: They feed off crops and garbage and readily adapt to many settings, from farms to the world’s ...