African giant pouched rats, which have previously been trained to sniff out buried mines and detect tuberculosis, are now being used to stop smuggling in Tanzania, The Guardian reported.

The streets of East Yorkshire are set to be filled with 50 giant rat sculptures as part of a new art trail. A Mischief of Rats will run from 3 May and is set to pay tribute to 1960's band The Rats ...

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 ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. A rat leaves its burrow at a park in New York City on Sept. 17, 2015. ( AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File) A rat ...

“She is an African giant pouched rat.” Mirasol and Maria (who sat out this story) are two African giant pouched rats (Cricetomys gambianus) at the Maryland Zoo in Baltimore. Mirasol’s 1.7 ...

There’s a saying that in a big city you are never more than six feet away from a rat. It’s an urban myth, but scientists are warning cities across the globe are becoming far rattier ...

In the first study of its kind, scientists found a correlation between climate change and a rise in urban rat populations. A rat scurries across West Broadway in New York City. A study looking at ...

The streets of East Yorkshire are set to be filled with 50 giant rat sculptures as part of a new art trail. A Mischief of Rats will run from 3 May and is set to pay tribute to 1960's band The Rats, ...