Petting large rodents the size of Border Terriers is – controversially – not on Metro’s ‘best things to do in Prague’ list.

Climate change is contributing to a global rise in urban rat infestations, according to a new Science Advances study. As ...

Meet Mirasol, one very, VERY large rat. “She’s about 1.7 kilograms,” says Jenny Egan, the Senior Area Manager for the Maryland Zoo at Baltimore. “She is an African giant pouched rat.” Mirasol and ...

It’s not hard to understand why capys have a cultlike following on Instagram and TikTok. I fell for the giant rodent decades ...

It's that time of the year to dive deep into comic characters based on the latest animal to come around the Chinese zodiac – ...

No, this foreign invader is a snail. But what a snail it is. The giant African land snail "can grow as big as a rat and gnaw through stucco and plaster," says Reuters' Barbara Liston. Since the ...

Though identifying objects in their original position was easy for both the AI and the rat, researchers had to boost the model’s performance in order to match the rats processing capabilities ...

Now that we’re in the midst of winter, it is prime time for rats to find their way into your ... Use natural predators Why not consider using your pets and animal friends to help keep your ...

Shelter staff received a call Wednesday morning from a woman wanting to surrender her pets, but upon entering her home, they discovered more than anticipated. Hundreds of mice and hamsters now ...

Although regularly shut down by the police, Cincinnati’s rat pits enjoyed the patronage of some of the city’s more distinguished businessmen. On a hot August day in 1899, a reporter for the old ...

CAMBRIDGESHIRE, ENGLAND Amanda Arnold, of Wisbech, owns more than 20 pet rats. She’s been keeping and breeding rats since she was seven. Off the northeast coast of the North Island, the tribe ...