Giant rats the size of a dog? … Yikes. That’s exactly what happened in a home located in Great Britain — Normanby, North Yorkshire to be exact. The rat was the size of a small dog. And to make the ...

Scientists are training the first generation of rats in Tanzania to detect illegal wildlife trafficked products. Their research shows that African giant pouched rats can locate concealed wildlife ...

A giant 22-in rat was recently apprehended in a home in North Yorkshire (the largest seen to date); my cat measures about 16-in (head and body) by comparison. So Tom and Jerry would be a very ...

MOROGORO, Tanzania – Rats have long been misunderstood, often seen as pests rather than pals. However, the African giant pouched rat, the largest in the world, possesses special qualities that have ...

More than 250 travelers were left stranded after a giant rat caused chaos onboard a KLM flight returning from the Caribbean.

SIEM REAP, Cambodia (AP) — Rats may send some squealing, but in Cambodia, teams of the not-so-little critters have become indispensable in helping specialists detect land mines that have killed and ...

Tuberculosis is the leading cause of death, after HIV, from an infectious disease. Around the world, there are about 9 million new cases a year and around 2 million deaths, according to the World ...

The Cambodian government is using an unorthodox method—giant trained rats—in their efforts to address the country’s land mine problem, the Bangkok Post reports. Unexploded devices including mines and ...

An African giant pouched rat is being honored in the record books after detecting more than 100 landmines and other undetonated explosives in Cambodia, Belgian non-profit APOPO announced Friday. The ...