The Vangunu giant rat is a species that exists only on one of the Solomon Islands. Local residents had deep knowledge of the rat, which researchers had never seen alive. With the help of the ...

If you have a fear of abnormally large rodents, you might want to look away now. A scientist has discovered a whopping species of rat that measures more than 2.5 feet long – three times the size of a ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. František Vejmělka with a subalpine woolly rat (Mallomys istapantap). This is the first time the ...

Indiana has a rich biodiversity with thousands of species in unique habitats, but growth and development have changed some of those fragile ecosystems and threaten the wildlife they support. IndyStar ...

(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 ...

First she saw the eyes, then the ears, then the tail. Jane Rohling had lived in Eagle for 20 years before she saw her first rat. She’d lived there 20 years and 10 seconds before she saw her second, ...

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WASHINGTON— A new Environmental Protection Agency evaluation finds rodenticides are pushing at least 78 endangered species toward extinction. The decision released Friday assessed 11 active ...

Researchers have identified rodenticide in endangered California condors in recent years. Credit: Michael Macor/The San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images Factory Farms in Iowa Generate 110 Billion ...