While skunks can cause trouble for homeowners, they also offer some benefits. Skunks are excellent hunters and foragers, and they happily gobble up lawn grubs, cutworms, hornworms, Japanese beetles, ...
The striped skunk is stout-bodied with short legs and a long, bushy, coarsely-furred tail. The head is broad at the base with short, tapered muzzle and short, rounded ears. The eyes are small and ...
One thing is certain: They’re everywhere. NEW YORK CITY Adaptable and smart, rats of several species have evolved to thrive in major cities—yet the sight of a rat scurrying across West ...
The US does not include within its animal welfare laws and regulations the rats, mice and birds who are subjected to research and testing. The federal Animal Welfare Act (AWA) was amended in 1970 to ...
Robert Corrigan calls rats "masters of adaptation" The closure of restaurants and the retreat by humans indoors is having an effect on the eating habits and behaviour of rats, say experts.
These mammals represent 7 orders and 17 families. Some species, like the opossum and striped skunk, are rare and occur mostly at the periphery of the Adirondacks. Other species, such as the ...