Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. New York City has spent years battling its notorious rat problem, but a new study suggests rodents may be adapting to many of the ...

(NewsNation) — A genetic mutation found in rats and mice in the northeastern United States may be making them resistant to common pest-control poisons. One-third of 143 Norway rats and 84% of 147 ...

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Some house mice throughout New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Washington, D.C., carry genetic mutations that render common rodent poison ineffective, according to a new Rutgers University study.

If the thought of mice and rats makes your skin crawl, then the phrase "mutating mice" probably sounds like something out of a horror movie. But researchers say it's a real, growing problem, right ...

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For years, pest control professionals throughout the Northeast have reported a troubling pattern. In some neighborhoods, rodents seemed increasingly difficult to eliminate, even when standard control ...

Rats and mice are mutating and potentially becoming resistant to the poison that cities have long used to stop their populations from exploding, a recent study has warned. More than one-third of 143 ...