The Vangunu giant rat is a species that exists only on one of the Solomon Islands. Local residents had deep knowledge of the rat, which researchers had never seen alive. With the help of the ...

In the isolated Solomon Islands, mothers and fathers have been known to sing to their children of apocryphal rats. In one rhyme, Kamare and Isuku go scurrying up a child, one rat on each side. They ...

The most popular posts on r/animalid are exotic lizards and rare birds – but it’s the haziest trail cam screenshots that feel the most dangerous, the most spectacular ...

A Texas rodent threatened by habitat loss may be one step closer to receiving protections under the Endangered Species Act. On Wednesday, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposed to list the Texas ...

For more than 20 years, people in the Solomon Islands have told scientists about huge rats that live in the treetops. But no one could prove the creature actually existed—until November 2015, when ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A rare new species of rat — up to four times the size of the rodents that populate American ...

Vika, a sharp-toothed rat that grows up to 18 inches long and lives in a tree. It's just a painting, but Vika is real. MUST CREDIT: Peggy Macnamara/Field Museum. In the isolated Solomon Islands, ...