Mice search for food sources, shelter, and warmth. The boxes of donations in your garage and your pet's leftovers may be secretly attracting mice to take up residence in your home.

Readers Edition. This is the (nearly) annual tradition of you, RPS readers, telling us where we went wrong in our annual ...

Surveys of the Galaxy have found that the most common type of planet is typically closer to its host star than the innermost planet of the Solar System, Mercury, is to the Sun. The orbits of these ...

Discover a smart and eco-friendly solution to tackle rodent problems using household items! In this video, we'll show you how to build an efficient and humane water bottle mouse/rat trap. Follow our ...

What has no brain, no nervous system, and not even nerves, yet acts as if it has reflexes? The answer is a Venus fly trap. This famous carnivorous plant captures insects and other small animals – and ...

Building a mousetrap is a simple and practical project that helps you learn about basic mechanics and problem-solving. Whether you want to catch mice humanely or design a mousetrap for a school ...

Small, everyday actions to minimize water use add up the more people do them. By Anna Diamond Michael Kimmelman’s recent story on Los Angeles’s water needs included a surprising fact: The city has ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." If you think you just saw a mouse, it probably wasn't the only one. "The rule of thumb is that for every ...

Veolia said it signed an agreement to develop a $500 million water-recycling plant in Saudi Arabia as part of a consortium. A consortium comprising Veolia, Marafiq, Lamar and Satorp--a joint venture ...

It happened — you spotted a mouse. If you’re anything like me, your first instinct may be that you need to pack your luggage and find a new place to live. Of course, that’s not super realistic. A ...

Soils lose moisture quickly during droughts because the molecular interactions that help retain water are not fully understood. Understanding this mechanism can help engineer soils to better preserve ...