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

African giant pouched rats (Cricetomys gambianus) could be the next line of defense in the illegal wildlife trade. A team of researchers have trained these three-pound rats to pick up the scent of ...

Forget fictional Rodents of Unusual Size – for wildlife traffickers, there are real life giant rats to be feared, after researchers successfully trained African giant pouched rats to pick up the ...

"Norway rats prefer to live in burrows in the ground," according to the bureau. "They are excellent climbers and swimmers and most active at night. They have very hard teeth and can chew through ...

According to Orkin, rodents are “constantly chewing” and a rat’s teeth are powerful enough to chew through steel garbage cans. They also reproduce quickly and can spread illnesses to humans.

Equipped with a rodent version of a Cybertruck, these driving rats reveal that positive experiences may sculpt the brain just as powerfully as stressful ones.

Rat problems are on the rise with a sharp increase in callouts to pest control providers in Dublin and Cork in the past year. Rentokil recorded a sharp increase in rat callouts in both Dublin ...