Rottien määrään vaikuttavat sää, kaupunkirakenne ja asuinalueen varallisuus, mutta ennen kaikkea paikallisten ihmisten toiminta, tutkija sanoo.

Rats are the ultimate waste animal/animal waste as they depend on human waste streams. In fact, they thrive on our waste streams so well, that they are

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We thought we were done talking about rats. Then your questions came in. From plague myths to poisoned predators, population growth and climate change to urban allotment gardens in Helsinki, this bonu...

Animal responses to fear cues are shaped by competing motivations such as hunger, access to mates and safety. In our previous work, wild mice (Apodemus spp.) showed little reaction to non-native preda...

Varaa ja lainaa aineistoa Helsingin, Espoon, Vantaan ja Kauniaisten kaupunginkirjastoista kätevästi verkossa. Tutustu kirjaston palveluihin ja hyödynnä kirjaston laajaa kirjojen, elokuvien ja muiden sisältöjen valikoimaa.

From spiders in the bathroom to mice in the kitchen, we share our homes with far more species than we realise (whether we like it or not). Researchers at Leiden University and the University of Helsin...

The warning signs included a web search, a mother’s doubts, and inklings of a “sexist attitude”

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Infektiot ovat olennainen osa ihmiselämää ja niiden torjunta vaatii harkintaa.

RoBoZoo is an interdisciplinary project that investigates the interactions between small rodents and humans to understand how they are influenced by climate change and agricultural practices, how this...

Dokumentaristi ja metsästäjät kulkivat samoilla jäljillä. Riistakameran videokilipeistä syntyy elokuva, jossa sudet yhä elävät.

Helsingissä on tutkittu kaupunkirottia jo vuosia. Ekologi Santtu Pentikäinen kiertää itähelsinkiläisiä roskakatoksia osana tätä tutkimusta.

Rotat liikkuvat syksyllä.

We report complete and partial genome sequences of rat hepatitis E virus (RHEV, Rocahepevirus ratti), from archived brown rats captured in Helsinki, Finland. Phylogenetic analysis confirmed the presence of the pathogenic RHEV genotype C1 in the Helsinki region. Finnish strains clustered together with strains from South Korea and Spain. However, the polytomous topology of phylogenetic trees and the large genetic distances between spatially distinct strains suggest that RHEV has remained inadequately sampled on a global scale. Further surveillance of rocahepeviruses is needed to assess their threat to public health and to understand their diversity and evolutionary patterns.

This paper presents a multidisciplinary research project which invited young people to critically re-estimate what is environment and nature, and for whom, in the urbanising world. We describe a se...

Mensen kunnen vreedzaam samenleven met ratten, betoogt ecoloog Tuomas Aivelo. ‘We geven gemengde signalen af.’

The end of an era.

Plants are essential for life on Earth, yet their importance is often underappreciated. Urban flora are often dismissed as weeds, for example. One sol…

Journalist Anne Salomäki unpacks the human-centric approach when covering animal farming in the media.

Addressing biodiversity loss requires both policy reforms and active public engagement. Media coverage plays a critical role in shaping societal aware…

Usein suhtaudumme kaupunkeihin ihmisten tilana, johon muut eläimet tunkeutuvat. Rotat ovat eritysen epähaluttuja naapureita. Mutta voimmeko oppia elämään niiden kanssa? Voimmeko neuvotella rottien kan...

They live in our parks, basements, and dine with us at restaurants. Despite spending more and more money to eradicate them, Copenhagen’s rats have already won. Have we completely misunderstood the urb...