A species of giant rat, the size of a small terrier, has been documented in New Guinea's highlands for the first time.

The subalpine woolly rat, measuring a whopping 2.7ft in length, has been discovered in the highlands of Papua New Guinea - ...

Mysterious 'Wooly' Rat That Vanished Into the Mountains in 1989 Revealed Itself for the First Time Since Some creatures are so elusive that even after knowing about them, scientists face difficulty in ...

But the history, evolution and ecology of rats – particularly the brown rat – isn’t well understood. In a new paper published in the journal Science, Friday, Munshi-South and other ...

A scientist has discovered a whopping species of rat that measures more than 2.5 feet long – three times the size of a brown rat. The 'striking and formidable' species, called the subalpine ...

The dominant rat in New York City is the Norway rat, Rattus norvegicus, also known as the brown rat. Brown rats are burrowing animals that are widest at the skull, so they can slip into any space ...

Famous international Chinese restaurant chain Mr. Chow has shut down its Las Vegas location. Founded in the 1960s by ...

Then, the most prevalent species was the brown rat or Rattus norvegicus. It is now the only rat in New York City, likely arriving in North America just before the American Revolution. Other port ...

The tell-tale sign of a rat problem in DC is a hole chewed through a hard plastic trash can. “The only way you can rodent proof a trash can is not to put food in it,” said Gerard Brown ...