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Hantavirus typically spreads from rodents, with people infected by breathing in air contaminated with virus particles from rodent urine, droppings or saliva.

From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026

The team also suggested that owl pellets may have served as fuel, which could explain why the tiny rodent bones contained within them show signs of burning.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 24, 2026

The world’s largest type of rodent, actually; a capybara can easily rival a golden retriever in size.

From Slate ● May 27, 2026

Angels officials said they quickly resolved a rodent infestation Orange County health inspectors flagged at an outdoor food stand in View Level Section 432.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 25, 2026

Finnick asks a lot of questions about the rodent, which we decide to call a tree rat.

From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins

Most of the remains belonged to rodents, but researchers also recovered fossils from sloths, birds, reptiles, and many other animals, representing more than 50 species.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 5, 2026

A mouse plague is terrorising farmers across large swathes of Australia, with the rodents running rampant around homes and ravaging fields of grain.

From BBC ● May 30, 2026

Hantavirus, a disease carried by rodents, typically doesn’t spread between humans.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 2026

But the world’s digital embrace of the big native rodents seems to have inspired a new appreciation of them, even a sort of national pride.

From Slate ● May 27, 2026

As a sort of test, he had agreed to set up a cage with a few pairs of the rodents, imitating on a reduced scale the enterprise under consideration.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende