Read more rodents stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/9851/rodents.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 13:39:14 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/67176/rat-eating-plant-named-for-brit-naturalist-attenborough.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA rare, giant Philippine pitcher plant that likely dines on rats and mice has been named after British naturalist Sir David Attenborough, the Times of London reports. The Nepenthes attenboroughii , which could number only a few hundred specimens, was discovered in 2007. Attenborough says he’s delighted to lend his name...http://www.newser.com/story/67176/rat-eating-plant-named-for-brit-naturalist-attenborough.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 18 Aug 2009 12:56:27 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/54371/china-uses-the-pill-to-stop-gerbil-overpopulation.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagChinese officials have resorted to contraceptive pills to control the exploding gerbil population threatening a fragile desert ecosystem, the BBC reports. The government is placing feed pellets mixed with the medication by the gerbils’ burrows, which damage the roots of what plants survive there. Authorities have tried measures to boost...http://www.newser.com/story/54371/china-uses-the-pill-to-stop-gerbil-overpopulation.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 25 Mar 2009 16:55:31 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/45544/german-politician-let-the-poor-catch-rats.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagOne German politician has a solution to help Berlin's poor: let them catch the rats that are plaguing the city. "People who collect bottles could get one euro [$1.40] for every dead rat," he cheerfully explained. But the Dickensian plan, which may be officially introduced today, wasn't widely hailed....http://www.newser.com/story/45544/german-politician-let-the-poor-catch-rats.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 17 Dec 2008 7:04:48 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/35938/cambodias-food-crisis-fix-eat-rats.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFood prices have rocketed so high in Cambodia that even the humblest of foods has seen its price quadruple this year. That humblest of foods is rat meat, and it’s going up precisely because so many Cambodians can’t afford any other meat, the Guardian reports. Rats have been fleeing to...http://www.newser.com/story/35938/cambodias-food-crisis-fix-eat-rats.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 27 Aug 2008 9:45:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/22179/dead-rats-stink-up-orlando-airport.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagDead rats are stinking up a portion of Orlando International Airport, and the smell has workers crying foul. Construction crews renovating gates earlier this month scared the rodents into the airport, the Orlando Sentinel reports; exterminators followed, and after rats died in walls and ceilings the stench sent workers and...http://www.newser.com/story/22179/dead-rats-stink-up-orlando-airport.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 21 Mar 2008 18:00:31 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/14731/nyc-fines-for-rat-hunting-cats.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagNew York food shops and delis have a way to deal with rats, but health inspectors aren’t purring: Many NYC stores have a cat around to keep out rodents, the New York Times reports. Unfortunately, health inspectors frown on cats and rats with equal fervor. “Any animal around food presents...http://www.newser.com/story/14731/nyc-fines-for-rat-hunting-cats.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 22 Dec 2007 14:32:06 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/11809/25k-sundae-comes-with-mice-roaches.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAn upscale dessert shop on New York's Upper East Side that serves $25,000 ice cream sundaes has been shut down for egregious health-code violations, including a dysfunctional sewage system, mounds of mouse droppings, and a thriving cockroach population, CBS reports. The shop, Serendipity 3, introduced the extravagant sundae, which...http://www.newser.com/story/11809/25k-sundae-comes-with-mice-roaches.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 15 Nov 2007 20:10:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/6146/rodent-attacks-demolish-spanish-crops.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAs many as 750 million voles have descended on farmland in central Spain, and with government response slow, farmers are taking matters into their own hands. The reason the number of rodents has exploded over the past few months is unclear, the Christian Science Monitor reports, but a likely explanation...http://www.newser.com/story/6146/rodent-attacks-demolish-spanish-crops.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 20 Aug 2007 14:07:24 CDT