Often dismissed as pests, rats have long been misunderstood. But the African giant pouched rat (Cricetomys ansorgei), the world’s longest, is challenging that perception. With its intelligence and ...

Balsall Heath and Small Heath locals claim businesses in the area haven’t had a waste collection in three-weeks ...

At an event in Hull, the first rat, named 'Daisy Rat', designed by artist Leo Soph Welton, was unveiled by Mick's sister Maggi Ronson, and Keith "Ched" Cheeseman, the bass player in The Rats. Daisy's ...

Rats have long been misunderstood, often seen as pests rather than pals. However, the African giant pouched rat, the largest ...

Photos show mountains of fly-tipped rubbish and overflowing bins along Birmingham's streets after bin workers went on strike.

Shocking scenes at a grocery store in Vladivostok, Russia, in early February: a giant rat was spotted in the refrigerated ...

Furious residents have complained about 'giant rats' in mountains of fly-tipped waste lining Birmingham's streets. Some have been branded it 'stinking makeshift dumps' after city bin workers went ...

Birmingham is in the grip of a waste management crisis, with striking bin workers leaving streets awash with discarded refuse and bulging bins. Shocking photographs reveal vast heaps of fly-tipped ...

I've walked along one of the streets and a giant rat ran past me in the middle of the day," said Alejandra Bravo, a Toronto city councillor who proposed the successful motion to build a rat ...

No, this foreign invader is a snail. But what a snail it is. The giant African land snail "can grow as big as a rat and gnaw through stucco and plaster," says Reuters' Barbara Liston. Since the ...

ABC News looks at New York City’s fight against rats as city officials and residents take matters into their own hands, ...

Cattle producers are using new techniques to stop the spread of unproductive grass species such as giant rat's tail around ...