THERE are rats the size of cats in this UK city and mountains of rubbish along the streets. Residents have complained that ...

Residents in parts of inner-city Birmingham are furious at the rodent invasion, which is being blamed on overflowing bins ...

Workers are furious over proposals to scrap a job role affecting 170 binmen, which amounts to a pay cut of around £8,000.

Often dismissed as pests, rats have long been misunderstood. But the African giant pouched rat (Cricetomys ansorgei), the world’s longest, is challenging that perception. With its intelligence ...

One such initiative is of APOPO, a non-profit organisation, headquartered in Tanzania and working in 11 countries, that trains African giant pouched rats (nicknamed HeroRATS), to detect TB in ...

Locals say swathes of Sparkhill, Aston, Balsall Heath and Selly Park, are already being overrun by rats feasting off rubbish and rotting food. One Tariq Mohammed, 70, who lives in Sparkhill ...

With no definitive control for one of Queensland's most invasive and widespread weeds, there's concern its presence is impacting property values by as much as 30 per cent.

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 ...

Landholders hope that an invasive grass that reduces carrying capacity and decreases production by up to 80 per cent will be accepted into the Weeds of National Significance.