Gerbil News

An officer spoke with a person behaving suspiciously in the 200 block of Norton Street at 2:05 a.m. Thursday and arrested a 34-year-old man for possession of a controlled substance.

Since we are in hurricane season, I thought to share some information from our partners at Miami-Dade County's 311 Center.

Gran Ma Ma , Scarlett and Snowflake in "Krispy Kritters in the Scarlett Night." Photo: Rob Melrose Snowflake recoils at the idea of kissing Drumhead's dead gerbil in Cutting Ball Theater's "Krispy Kritters in the Scarlett Night" Photo: Rob Melrose Snowflake , Drumhead and Pap-Pap look at a dead guinea pig nailed to a cross in Cutting Ball Theater's ... (more)

Small, fluffy, cute and easy to train -- the very characteristics that make gerbils, members of the rodent family, such wonderful pets for kids and adults alike.

Following the experiments on mice and gerbils that were sent to space on the Bion-M bio-satellite in April, the Russian scientists are still planning to launch more space flights with living organisms to find out how space factors will affect animals.