The Harris County District Attorney’s Office is notifying defense attorneys in more than 3,600 open drug-related cases of the rat infestation out of an abundance of caution, KHOU-TV reported.

“We got 400,000 pounds of marijuana in storage,” Houston Mayor John Whitmire told NBC. “The rats are the only ones enjoying it.” The mayor and law enforcement officials have now decided to ...

Evidence from thousands of criminal cases could face contamination after a rat infestation was discovered in the property room at Houston police headquarters. A purported rat colony in a downtown ...

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- A rat infestation at the Houston Police Department property room has raised questions about the integrity of criminal cases despite the department's claims that the ...

Kangaroo rats thrive in arid regions, extracting moisture from food and conserving energy underground during extreme heat for survival.

Kangaroo rat, native to North America's deserts, can jump up to 9 feet to evade predators using strong hind legs. The agile African impala can jump up to 10 feet high and 30 feet long, adeptly ...

The streets of East Yorkshire are set to be filled with 50 giant rat sculptures as part of a new art trail. A Mischief of Rats will run from 3 May and is set to pay tribute to 1960's band The Rats ...

“I was a tunnel rat. Some of the tunnels I went down were close to 60 feet down,” Sanza told Task & Purpose. Sanza joined the Army after high school, carrying on a family military traditio ...

The men were trapped on Monday morning after water flooded the so-called "rat-hole" mine, which is a narrow hole dug manually to extract coal. Despite a ban on such mining in India since 2014 ...

A kangaroo named Rowdy escaped his enclosure in Texas, sparking a search for the missing marsupial around the city of Sealy, Texas. The kangaroo — which stands at just over 5 feet tall (1.5m ...

Rats and mice get a bad rap for being dirty and invading our homes, but Hollywood moviemakers have a deep affection for these furry critters. To help with your Year of the Rat viewing, we’ve put ...