SINCE 1949, Barr et al. and others 1–3 have described the presence of ‘sex chromatin’ in various tissues of several animal species, arriving at the conclusion that in all of them behaviour ...

OVER a period of two months, a heavy rat population on a farm in the west of Scotland was treated with two anticoagulant poisons, ‘Diphacinone’ and ‘Warfarin’. Although the treatments were ...

Announcing a new article publication for BIO Integration journal. Although diamond-like carbon-coated joint replacements are widely recommended for full bone replacements in humans, their clinical ...

Former Stranglers frontman Hugh Cornwell is headlining the Roadmender next weekend as part of an eight-date UK tour.The ...

As leader of The Stranglers, Hugh was the main songwriter of all the band’s most memorable songs across ten stellar albums. After their 1977 debut Rattus Norvegicus, follow up albums No More Heroes, ...

As leader of The Stranglers, Hugh was the main songwriter of all the band’s most memorable songs across ten stellar albums. After their 1977 debut Rattus Norvegicus, follow up albums No More Heroes, ...

"The most obvious pest species would be the brown rat (Rattus norvegicus), one of the most populous, widely distributed, and successful invasive mammals globally. They cause a range of issues ...

Rodent-borne hantaviruses are associated with two main clinical disorders in humans: hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome and hantavirus cardiopulmonary syndrome. Although hantavirus diseases can ...

*Hantavirus species with known pathology. With increasing clinical experience, many mixed pictures of 'hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome and hantavirus cardiopulmonary syndrome' are now noted ...

But not our kind of rat. We are familiar with the brown rat, Rattus norvegicus. Like the grey squirrel, it is an invasive species, which has taken over from (and eliminated) its predecessor, Rattus ...