A huge rat was captured on video in New Jersey walking around the streets of Cumberland County outside a Millville Chinese ...

Ronin the African giant pouched rat set a new world record for the most landmines detected by a rat. Guinness World Records gave the distinction to Ronin on World Rat Day, which fell on Friday.

An African landmine-sniffing rat in Cambodia has broken a world record after detecting more than 100 landmines and other ...

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 ...

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.

Giant kangaroo rats were common on the Carrizo Plain until the third year of the drought, when more than 90 percent of the population died off. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible ...

Wildlife officials have told local California residents to eat "giant swamp rats" that are "delicious" and "invasive". The US ...