Planning permission has been requested for a new air conditioning unit to be installed in the jumping rats' enclosure at Jersey Zoo. Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust is also seeking permission to ...

If you have a fear of abnormally large rodents, you might want to look away now. A scientist has discovered a whopping species of rat that measures more than 2.5 feet long – three times the size of a ...

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