POPONDETTA: In the dead of night, a giant rat the size of a small terrier scurries among the forest ferns in the wet, glacial ...

Tales of a "Giant Woolly Rat" have been told for decades, yet no scientist had ever confirmed Mallomys istapantap was alive.

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 ...

It took six months of searching on the island of New Guinea, but the gigantic Subalpine Woolly Rat (Mallomys istapantap) has finally been caught on ...

Would you like to have a certified wildlife habitat in your own backyard? You can do it with a little help from the National ...

while the San Bernardino kangaroo rat has been considered endangered since 1998. Still, the fish’s habitat has also been dwindling due to human development, and conservation advocates and water ...

“Finally, there’s good news for the San Bernardino kangaroo rat and the Santa Ana sucker, unique and imperiled species struggling because of habitat loss,” said John Buse, an attorney for ...

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