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The rat problem in Washington, DC, is so bad, two people got hantavirus

Enlarge / A rat drinks water in a back alley in the Park View neighborhood near a construction site on Saturday, September 10, 2017, in Washington, D. C. (credit: Getty | The particular Washington Post ) Many people might already think of the nation’s capital as a political rat’s nest, teeming with rat-related features, like […]

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Want to save an island’s coral reefs? Get rid of invasive rats

Enlarge / The stark surface of Redonda Island is turning green again. (credit: Invertzoo) Hundreds of years ago, Europeans were sailing the globe and “discovering” new parcels of land—and rats came along with them as stowaways. As crews made landfall on many islands, rats hopped off and made themselves new homes. The rats prospered, out-competing, […]