rodent
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Still, important questions remain, particularly about how climate change will affect ticks, the animals they feed on, and the oak trees that influence rodent populations.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 9, 2026
The bacterium still persists in natural rodent reservoirs in several regions.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2026
Lineage has already deployed odor-control spray systems, industrial air scrubbers, and fly and rodent traps.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
In response to an image of the rodent working on a laptop in a preschool classroom, one user commented: “Amelia has just screamed in excitement that it’s in the class.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
I’m a bad mouse, he thought, filled with gloom and guilt. l am a rotten rodent, not my relatives.
From "Ralph S. Mouse" by Beverly Cleary
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Surprisingly, these mice did not display the characteristic head twitch response that researchers commonly use as an indicator of psychedelic activity in rodents.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 7, 2026
That result was consistent with the absence of the 5-oxoETE receptor in mice, suggesting that rodents had lost key functions associated with this signaling system.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 5, 2026
While they can prey on domestic animals, they also help control disease-carrying rodents, and residents' attitudes towards them are mixed.
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026
Humans usually contract it from fleas that have fed on infected wild rodents, or sometimes by handling the tissue or body fluids of a diseased animal, according to the U.S.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
I don’t try to climb them, because who’s to say they won’t break apart beneath my feet and drop me down into some abyss where I’ll have to slay giant underground rodents with my bat.
From "Fast Pitch" by Nic Stone
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