Last year, a new species of rat was discovered on Manus Island, part of the Papua New Guinea Admiralty Group, just north of Australia. The discovery gained worldwide attention, including a spot on ...

Claim to fame: Many people have used the term “pack rat,” but most don’t know what a pack rat is or where it lives. “Pack rat” is the most common name used for this long-tailed rodent which is found ...

The Vangunu giant rat is a species that exists only on one of the Solomon Islands. Local residents had deep knowledge of the rat, which researchers had never seen alive. With the help of the ...

A Texas rodent threatened by habitat loss may be one step closer to receiving protections under the Endangered Species Act. On Wednesday, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposed to list the Texas ...

For more than 20 years, people in the Solomon Islands have told scientists about huge rats that live in the treetops. But no one could prove the creature actually existed—until November 2015, when ...

If you have a fear of abnormally large rodents, you might want to look away now. A scientist has discovered a whopping species of rat that measures more than 2.5 feet long – three times the size of a ...

Daniel Cozad, right, and Betsy Miller of the San Bernardino Valley Water Conservation District visit a flood control channel in in the San Bernardino County city of Highland. (Dania Maxwell / Los ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A rare new species of rat — up to four times the size of the rodents that populate American ...

Solomon Islands locals have long spoken about giant rats that scurry around in trees and crack open coconuts, but it was never clear whether such a species actually existed. Now, scientists have found ...

Talks of an invasive species have been circling around the Treasure Valley community. Roof rats that were accidentally brought to the area are growing rather quickly in the City of Eagle neighborhoods ...