Carolina isn't your average retiree. After seven years of devoted work, Carolina, an African giant pouched rat, had sniffed out more than 3,000 cases of tuberculosis that medical tests had missed, ...

For the first time, scientists have photographed a large, elusive rat that’s on the brink of extinction. Called the Vangunu giant rat (Uromys vika), the critically endangered species lives on just one ...

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 ...

People generally fall into one of two camps: rats are cute… or rats are decidedly not cute. But everyone should be able to agree that photos of an extremely rare giant rat are pretty fascinating. The ...

The people who live on the island of Vangunu were adamant that the critically endangered species still existed. They helped researchers prove that they were right. By Rebecca Carballo For years, the ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Scientists on the South Pacific island of Vangunu have taken ...

Resarchers had long feared that the Vangunu giant rat, native to the forests of the Solomon Islands, had gone extinct. Recently, researchers finally captured images of four of these creatures. The ...

Researchers had long feared that the Vangunu giant rat, native to the forests of the Solomon Islands, had gone extinct. Recently, researchers finally captured images of four of these creatures. The ...

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 ...

While the jury is still out on whether or not the African giant pouched rat is cute, it’s harder to deny the impressive power of its nose. Tanzania-based non-profit APOPO has already demonstrated the ...

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 ...