The Vangunu giant rat, or Uromys vika ... chew through coconuts with its teeth." "The rodents were irrefutably identified as U. vika by their large body size, long tails, and the presence of ...

After trial and error, my colleagues and I found that rats could learn to drive forward by grasping a small wire that acted ...

The 20-pound nutria, native to South America, has somehow managed to establish a population in the Suisun Marsh.

Comparison of the hairless animals’ genomes with those of several other mammals shows low activity of certain sequences.

Nosferatu isn’t set to hit theaters until the end of December, but a special screening of the film was hosted in Los Angeles ...

Commenters on social media are debating whether it was a rat or another type of rodent that hitched a ride on a flight from Dallas to Los Angeles last week Boarding1Now/Getty; Nicola Warburton ...

The question isn’t whether other creatures share our concept of mortality; it’s whether any living being truly grasps what it means to die.

Slithery tails, sharp gnawing teeth and beady black eyes ... tiny island - which is just 7km (4.3 miles) long by 1.6km (1 mile) wide - had 10,000 rats and only 15 humans. The rats were eating ...

“Roof rats, specifically, might gain entry to a plane that is stored for long periods of time at a hangar through landing-gear openings into the plane or if it’s undergoing maintenance,” he ...