Rat that detected dozens of landmines gets award for animal bravery An African giant pouched rat is being honored in the record books after detecting more than 100 landmines and other undetonated ...

Another user, bettinafairchild pointed out: "That's an extremely well-groomed rat." And socialcommentary2000 explained: "It's a fancy rat. Whole ecosystem of people that keep and breed them.

An ultra-rare gigantic rat so big that it puts New York City's subway-dwelling rodents to shame has been caught on camera for the first time. Uromys vika, a giant rat known for being "one of the ...

Gerard Brown, D.C. Department of Health: I'm concerned about any rat in the city. You know, one rat is too many. Courtney Norris: Brown has led D.C. Health's rodent abatement program for 22 years.