Pacific rats, a third species of Rattus, are a different story: Polynesian explorers sailing from Tahiti and other islands intentionally brought them along in their canoes—as food. They cooked ...

There are many different kinds of mole rats ... Other rats tend to the queen. Most other types of mole rats live on their own or in small families. Though mole rats spend most of their time ...

"As soon as I examined the specimen, I knew it was something different," he said. "There are only eight known species of native rat from the Solomon Islands, and looking at the features on its ...

Ohio sits just at the start of the Midwest and Plains portion of the United States. It is often said to be the gateway to the ...

A group of researchers were in Bach Ma National Park, on Bach Ma Mountain, when they saw the slithering giant along a main road near a field station, according to an Aug. 19 study published in the ...

I wanted a firsthand look at how New York City's war on rats was actually going. The truth was nastier —and funnier — than I ...

Fukomys hanangensis, one of the mole-rat species discovered by Dr Faulkes and the focus of this research DNA sequence analysis has enabled Dr Faulkes to work out a comprehensive understanding of ...

An interesting video making the rounds on social media has captured the moment a Nigerian man expressed his amazement after ...

Despite being different species, both share the fact that neither ... argues they should be judged individually. Additionally, rats are less popular as pets partly due to concerns about germs ...

I’ve lived for many years in an old apartment building in New York and, for all the years I’ve spent in this elevator ...

New York City has lots of rats. Officials are trying to contain them by resorting to something many other cities have relied on for years.