SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Two former New Mexico inmates have filed a federal lawsuit accusing state prison staff and a food-service contractor of cruelty and negligence for failing to resolve a...

GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Humane Society says it took in 160 snakes and rodents after authorities in Brown County seized them due to an ordinance violation.

NEW YORK (AP) — Residents of a Queens neighborhood are dealing with a squirrely threat.

Denizens of the New York City borough's Rego Park neighborhood say an aggressive squirrel has jumped...

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The Oregon Humane Society in Portland has taken in 250 guinea pigs from an overwhelmed pet owner.

It’s not known exactly how the unidentified person in Lane County...

RENO, Nev. (AP) — DNA evidence suggests rodents destroyed part of an area of an extremely rare desert wildflower being considered for endangered species protection at a contentious mine site in...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Gov. Gavin Newsom on Tuesday signed a bill widely restricting the use of certain highly potent rat poisons that are blamed for killing mountain lions, birds and...

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. (AP) — Health officials have confirmed a case of plague at South Lake Tahoe — the first in California in five years.

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A northern New Mexico man in his 50s is in the hospital after contracting hantavirus.

The New Mexico Health Department says the Taos County man reported that he had...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama appeals court ruled it doesn't have the power to decide whether to dismiss an employee lawsuit claiming a west Alabama courthouse is infested with rodents and...

PARIS, Tenn. (AP) — Three people are facing a multitude of charges after police found a caged toddler in a filthy Tennessee mobile home that also contained dogs, rodents and snakes, authorities...

WASHINGTON (AP) — A measure to grant funding to try to eradicate the invasive rodents called nutria has passed the U.S. House with the help of a large, stuffed specimen.

ITHACA, N.Y. (AP) — An animal shelter in central New York is teeming with rats, mice, gerbils and guinea pigs after humane officers found more than 300 of the small mammals abandoned along...

THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. (AP) — Two Southern California mountain lions that were part of a National Park Service study have been found dead and rodent poison has been confirmed as the cause in one...

LOS BANOS, Calif. (AP) — In a story Sept. 25 about swamp rodents, The Associated Press reported erroneously that the Central Valley is an agricultural region 130 miles (210 kilometers) north of...

AMES, Iowa (AP) — Officials in central Iowa say they have seized more than three dozen exotic pets and found another 60-plus dead in an Ames apartment.

COMMERCE CITY, Colo. (AP) — Colorado officials have closed parks and canceled a Major League Soccer game's fireworks display after plague was confirmed in prairie dogs in a Denver...

COMMERCE CITY, Colo. (AP) — Plague has been confirmed in prairie dogs at several sites in the Denver suburb of Commerce City, prompting officials to close some parks and take other...

CHICAGO (AP) — U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials say it isn't unusual for agents to confiscate contraband like the 32 pounds of rat meat recently seized at Chicago's O'Hare...

SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — An electrocuted squirrel hanging from a power line has been removed more than a week after an upstate New York man began posting daily pictures on social media.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Louisiana wildlife officials are upping the price they'll pay hunters who catch a large aquatic rodent known for harming marsh ecosystems.

TEXARKANA, Ark. (AP) — Gnawing rats are being blamed for a blackout on a section of Interstate 30 in an Arkansas city.

The Texarkana Gazette reports that the rats were likely following their...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — More than 400 nutria have been captured in the first year of an effort to eradicate the invasive South American rodent from California.

LONDON (AP) — British officials say dead rats stuffed with drugs and mobile phones have been thrown over prison fences to provide contraband to prisoners.

BOSTON (AP) — This rat is getting a lot of mouse clicks.

A British tourist visiting Boston captured on video a hungry seagull devouring a dead rat in a single gulp and posted it on social...

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A company in Silverton and its housing provider must pay $35,000 in penalties after an inspection found migrant farmworkers housed in filthy, rodent-infested quarters.

The Oregonian/OregonLive reports the U.S. Department of Labor said Friday that its inspectors found families in "dilapidated, trash strewn housing" at the facility.

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Daniel Lusa poked a long, wooden stick into a cavernous hole at the edge of a parking lot in Hartford's Behind the Rocks neighborhood.

Sensing no movement, he dropped a small packet of poison into the opening and nudged it in deeper with the ligneous rod.

Beneath his feet, a network of dozens of tunnels was laid out across the dirt expanse next to Zion Street - a home for dozens of rats that camp out in the subterranean refuge during the day.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Conservation officials are on high alert after a rodent has continued to evade capture on a small previously rat-free island off the coast of western Alaska.

BOSTON (AP) — Suburban Boston communities are dealing with a surge in rat infestations.

The Boston Globe reports that towns like Belmont and Peabody have focused efforts on eradicating growing rat populations. The Waltham City Council recently approved $15,000 to manage rodent issues after reports of dozens of rats playing in puddles.

LOGAN, Utah (AP) — Authorities say a small python that was found in a Logan neighborhood was positively identified by his owners after it was allegedly stolen from their home earlier this summer.

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — It may seem like we have just lived through The Summer of the Squirrel, but that isn't the half of it. What's really happening might be called The Rise of the Rodents - and they're coming for your house.

"It's been going on for several years. This year is busier for all rodents, but it has been increasing for years," said Susan Lincoln, owner since 1975 of Hampshire Pest Control in Northwood.

NEW YORK (AP) — Dozens of the 400,000 residents of the nation's largest public housing system emotionally told a judge Wednesday what it's like to live with rats and cockroaches and mold in buildings where elevators, heat and running water are unreliable.

"We cannot live safety and healthily in these terrible conditions," said Monica Underwood, one of the residents.

LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) — A southern New Mexico apartment complex has been hit with a class-action lawsuit by former tenants who say the place was plagued with bed bugs and rats.

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Wildlife officials are working to capture a rogue rodent sighted on a rat-free island off the coast of southwest Alaska.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and local authorities have set up a camera and traps on St. Paul Island after a rat was spotted late last month, Alaska's Energy Desk reported .

DENVER (AP) — Denver officials say the increased sightings of rats at a city park are part of a growing number of rats citywide and statewide.

The Denver Post reports city officials say while the rats aren't usually seen during the day, telltale signs of burrowing and chewing have been significantly more common at Civic Center park in the last year.

SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Animal control officials have removed more than 100 snakes and more than 400 rodents from a San Antonio home following concerns about the animals' living conditions.