A giant rat species, long considered lost to science, has been rediscovered alive in the remote Papua mountains after a ...

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Dr. Terry Hunt from the University of Arizona and Dr. Carl Lipo from the University of Birmingham have published a study in ...

INDONESIA (KRON) — Researchers in Indonesia have discovered a new species of mammal. The newly named “hog-nosed rat” has features that have never been seen by science before, according to Australia’s ...

New research shows that rat lungworm disease can be transmitted by many more species than just slugs and snails, the primary species Hawaii officials warned of amid a spate of rat lungworm cases in ...

In the isolated Solomon Islands, mothers and fathers have been known to sing to their children of apocryphal rats. In one rhyme, Kamare and Isuku go scurrying up a child, one rat on each side. They ...

Recovery project at Co Antrim reserve saw removal of invasive brown rats, the biggest threat to seabird eggs and chicks ...

(WHTM) We usually don’t think of rats as animals in need of protection. If anything, we’re usually looking for ways to get rid of them. But one species of rat is in trouble, and needs our help. As ...

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When California declared the San Bernardino kangaroo rat an endangered species recently, conservationists rejoiced. The state designation seemed to promise stronger protections for the tiny, ...

Rat infestations don't just appear out of nowhere. If one house has unwanted visitors, it's likely that other homes in the ...