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

And it’s safer than using poisonous baits which may be harmful to children or pets, as can be standard spring-loaded mouse traps. To catch the pests, bait the trap with peanut butter or bacon bits and ...

This homemade mousetrap from the early 19th century was discovered in a home in Amityville, New York, and donated to the Smithsonian Institution in 1891. Hugh Talman / NMAH, SI This large iron spring ...

“Build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door,” so goes the saying, but VHS beat Betamax and the world hasn’t been the same since. In any case, you might not get rich building ...

A mouse in your home isn’t the end of the world, but it can be unsanitary, especially because the little guys carry bacteria and other gross stuff they pick up in dumpsters, on the street, or even in ...

In 1894, William C. Hooker was awarded a patent for a mouse trap that killed a mouse with a single loaded trap upon contact. While some may argue it is more humane to trap and release a mouse versus ...