A plague of rats is creating havoc in Karumba, a small coastal town in Queensland, Australia, where hordes of rodents are chewing on electrical wires and otherwise eating everything they can find ...

Mosaic-tailed rat has reportedly been wiped out by human-caused climate change. The Bramble Cay melomys or mosaic-tailed rat is pictured in this undated file photo. — -- An Australian rodent ...

Climate change has just claimed its first mammalian species victim. The Australian government has officially listed the Bramble Cay melomys as extinct. The small brown rat has not been seen since ...

A plague of rats is creating havoc in Karumba, a small coastal town in Queensland, Australia, where hordes of rodents are chewing on electrical wires and otherwise eating everything they can find ...

In the desolate plains of southern Australia scampers a small creature with pointy ears, a silky tail, and a cream-colored belly that ecologist Steve Morton describes as “wonderfully beautiful ...

Most rats and rodents in Australia are descendants of a species that arrived from Asia in two waves, the first 6 million years ago, scientists say.

Thousands of dead and dying rats have washed up on beaches in a small Australian coastal town, much to the disgust and horror of the locals. The rodents drifted ashore in the fishing town of ...

Rats often develop tolerance to poisons, which is why New York City uses a combination of different rodenticides, dry ice, birth control, proper sanitation techniques and other innovations to ...

Most rats and rodents in Australia are descendants of a species that arrived from Asia in two waves, the first 6 million years ago, scientists say.

Most rats and rodents in Australia are descendants of a species that arrived from Asia in two waves, the first 6 million years ago, scientists say.