An ultra-rare gigantic rat so big that it puts New York City's subway-dwelling rodents to shame has been caught on camera for the first time. Uromys vika, a giant rat known for being "one of the world ...

Hutias are a strange group of rodents living on various islands of the Caribbean. Although big, and sometimes looking a ...

WASHINGTON — It has the face of a rat and the tail of a skinny squirrel — and scientists say this creature discovered living in central Laos is pretty special: It's a species believed to have been ...

Two new species of delicate mice — Australia’s smallest rodents — were recently discovered, according to a new study. Photo from Joey Csunyo, UnSplash Two species of tiny rodents have lived undetected ...

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Virginia Tech researchers seek to understand the environmental factors that influence the distribution of hantavirus in rodent populations across the United States. Hantavirus recently made news ...