You wouldn’t think a giant pond rat had anything to do with American history - but think again. This unexpected creature ...

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Residents feel scared to let their children outside to play as multiple 'giant' rats gave binmen a shock on their doorstep.

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A huge rat was captured on video in New Jersey walking around the streets of Cumberland County outside a Millville Chinese restaurant.

Matthew Brooker is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering business and infrastructure. Formerly, he was an editor for Bloomberg News and the South China Morning Post. There’s always a silver ...

From land mine detection to sniffing out illegally trafficked wildlife parts, a group of trained African giant pouched rats in Tanzania is proving a valuable partner for humans, Mongabay’s Lucia ...

Some consider rats, not to be confused with mice, as pests. Others deem them lifesavers. One African giant pouched rat in Cambodia is making communities safer by sniffing out dangerous explosives—and ...

These rats are helping out in a big way — Carolina is able to screen 100 sputum samples in just 20 minutes ... The next time you wrinkle your nose at a rodent, remember Carolina, the giant rat with a ...