Last year, African giant pouched rats like Carolina prevented nearly 400,000 new cases of a deadly disease. It's possible because of their extreme sense of smell. Carolina, an African giant ...

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

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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 ...

THERE are rats the size of cats in this UK city and mountains of rubbish along the streets. Residents have complained that the area “stinks” and you can’t turn a corner without ...

has worked for years with African giant pouched rats. Their rodents learn to sniff out mines on old battlefields in Angola, Mozambique and Cambodia, or to detect tuberculosis in phlegm samples ...

Brown rats are the undisputed winners of the real rat race.New research suggests that they crawled off ships arriving in North America earlier than previously thought and out-competed rodent ...

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.

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These shocking photos show how Birmingham’s inner-city streets are being invaded by giant rats during ongoing bin strikes. The huge rodents are making life hell for thousands of fed-up residents ...