Plague is an infection caused by the Yersinia pestis bacteria. The zoonotic microorganism is typically found in small mammals ...

The introduction of wholly new products in medicine is particularly problematic for prices. Gouty King George IV “lived like ...

A dormouse box looks a little like a bird box with a small round hole and should be positioned ... Dormice are protected by law in the UK. They may not be killed, injured, disturbed in their ...

Not much hair, just a few bristles, but it’s still there. Some mammals are small and live near you. Like dogs and cats who have soft hair or fur. And hamsters, hedgehogs and rats and even bats.

This species is probably more abundant in the Adirondacks than museum records indicate because of the bias of conventional capture methods which fail to catch this small mammal. Larval and adult ...

Common butterwort (Pinguicula vulgaris) grows throughout the UK on bogs, fens, wet heaths and moors ... Scientists have observed vertebrates and small mammals in their digestive fluid. Native to ...

may have this small mammal as a resident. As a general appearance indicates, the short-tailed shrew is more fossorial than other shrews, tunneling extensively, and to depths of 50 cm (20 in). Within ...