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

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Most rodents can’t resist the lure of fried coconut slivers ...

Scientists have captured a rare hunting behaviour in rats for the first time. The rodents were filmed catching and eating ...

Rodents in northern Germany were spotted using two different hunting strategies at major urban bat hibernation sites ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. At archaeological sites around the world, a certain subset of ...

Rats have been observed snatching bats out of the air and eating them for the first time, raising concern about pandemic ...

The earliest documented evidence of domesticated rats originates from Japan and dates back to the Edo period (1603 to 1868). The tradition of keeping fancy rats may have originated in Japan, but pet ...

In New York, they forced the city to hire a "rat czar." In Chicago, they have prompted the deployment of feral cats. In New Orleans, they are literally eating police evidence. Now researchers are ...

Rats and their poop can carry diseases such as hantaviruses that can make you sick, but there are ways to clean up and get rid of them humanely. (Photo Credit: Moment RF/Getty Images) Rats are a type ...