Tag: rat

Another unwelcome consequence of climate change: an explosion of urban rats

If scorching heat waves, destructive storms, prolonged droughts and rising seas aren’t enough to make some folks fear the consequences of climate...

The FDA knew long ago that red dye No. 3 causes cancer. Why did it take so long to ban it?

The Food and Drug Administration said Wednesday that the much-maligned red dye No. 3 will be banned in the United States because...

Why an Alaska island is using peanut butter and black lights to find a rat that might not exist

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — On an island of windswept tundra in the Bering Sea, hundreds of miles from mainland Alaska, a resident sitting...