With their enormous cheek pouches and keen sense of smell, the giant pouched rat is making waves—not just in living rooms, but also on minefields and in hospitals. As a pet, it presents a challenge ...

If you’ve walked on Prince Street or strolled down Fifth Avenue recently, you may have come across a giant inflatable rat.

Did you know that there are over 3,000 different species of centipedes, and scientists believe that there could be 5,000+ ...

Most boas, which are a type of large, non-venomous constricting snake, prefer a diet of mammals, birds or reptiles. But ...

More than 1,000 capybaras, the largest rodent in the world, are now living in Buenos Aires, Argentina's wealthy Nordelta ...

One African giant pouched rat in Cambodia is making communities safer by sniffing out dangerous explosives—and he just set a record for his species. According to Smithsonian, the 5-year-old rat named ...

Silvia Soto, a resident of Nordelta, Argentina, on the division in the community over how to handle a proliferation of capybaras, the world’s largest rodent.

The world’s largest rodent is multiplying in — and dividing — one of Argentina’s most exclusive gated communities.

In conservation, the term "flagship species" is used to refer to animals that represent something bigger, like an entire ...

Louisiana has become home to numerous invasive species, some of them wreaking havoc on the state's environment. Here are the threats to the state.

The schiribilla bird of the Galápagos Islands was observed by Charles Darwin in 1835 but has been missing ever since — until now.

SCOTLAND’S biggest city has been swamped with infestations of rats - more than any other area of Scotland. Glasgow has also been shamed as the third worst place in the UK for the vermin with ...