The long-tailed pygmy rice rat is the primary host for Andes virus, the type of hantavirus responsible for sickening passengers on the MV Hondius cruise ship ...

Scientists attempting to determine whether or not hantavirus is present in Ushuaia begin laying first traps to catch rodents potentially carrying the disease.

Rats scurried in broad daylight outside Insomnia Cookies in downtown Evanston. At night, the long-tailed rodents leapt out of trash cans. And around the clock, they forced nearby businesses to wage a ...

For several days, biologists from Buenos Aires will set traps at various locations on the southern island of Tierra del Fuego ...

Scientists from the Malbran Institute, along with Argentine health ministry and National Park Administration officials, collect mice from traps near Ushuaia. (AFP pic) Argentine scientists on Tuesday ...