Carolina isn't your average retiree. After seven years of devoted work, Carolina, an African giant pouched rat, had sniffed out more than 3,000 cases of tuberculosis that medical tests had missed, ...

When's the last time you spotted a rat in broad daylight? When's the last time you saw a rat walking around, at all? Hopefully, your answer was "never." Rats gross me out. I know there are people out ...

A landmine-hunting rat in Cambodia has set a new world record by sniffing out more than 100 mines and pieces of unexploded ordnance, a charity said Friday. Ronin, a giant African pouched rat ...

Councillors grappling with the Birmingham bin strike found themselves facing questions from their worst nemesis as they met to discuss the crisis - a giant rat. A man in full rodent costume ...

Fly-tippers have seized on the disruption from Birmingham's bin strikes [PA Media] ...

Almost every residential area is plagued by overflowing bins. Rats and other vermin are taking over the streets, and fly-tippers are exploiting the strike by dumping rubbish in open spaces.

A pest management expert has warned graziers against using the same herbicide too many times in a row to combat invasive species such as giant rat's tail, while others are getting better-than ...

Wherever you stand on the contentious issue of Birmingham's bin strikes, the reality remains the same. Almost every residential area is plagued by overflowing bins. Rats and other vermin are taking ...

An expert has raised fears hordes of giant rats could spread a deadly disease in Birmingham, where industrial action by refuse workers has left mountains of waste. The city council last week ...