An elusive nocturnal beast of a rodent that lives high in the mountains has been filmed and photographed for the first time, ...

In addition to having local hunters as his guides, Vejmělka set up a camera trap on a fallen log over a stream in a dense ...

Tales of a "Giant Woolly Rat" have been told for decades, yet no scientist had ever confirmed Mallomys istapantap was alive.

Murine rodents are a large group of "Old World" rats and mice that comprises over 500 species, per Animal Diversity Web. As ...

The world's second-biggest rat species — a gargantuan woolly beast — was caught on camera in the mountains of New Guinea.

Rats, which can transmit deadly diseases, seem to have proliferated everywhere, unchecked. Is the anthropocene a mere prelude ...

A newly released video shows the first-ever footage of the subalpine woolly rat, one of the world’s largest rodents, captured ...

A scientist has discovered a whopping species of rat that measures more than 2.5 feet long – three times the size of a brown rat. The 'striking and formidable' species, called the subalpine ...

Consider why rats may be your next choice for a pet. First off, pet rats are the domesticated form of Rattus norvegicus, the ...

It took six months of searching on the island of New Guinea, but the gigantic Subalpine Woolly Rat (Mallomys istapantap) has finally been caught on ...

In the near future, the Hockey Hall of Fame is going to have a rat problem. Incoming Board Chair Mike Gartner won’t need to ...