New research on the feeding habits of the desert rat-kangaroo could help locate the possibly extinct species, with ...

African giant pouched rats like Carolina prevented nearly 400,000 new cases of a deadly disease. It's possible because of ...

Although declared extinct in 1994, people claim to have seen desert rat-kangaroos since, and analysis of their museum ...

The desert rat-kangaroo was known to eat mostly leaves ... and the specialists of softer fungi like the long-nosed potoroo. The researchers say these kinds of studies give valuable insights ...

There may be no truer a case of this than the desert rat-kangaroo (Caloprymnus campestris ... support bites about as hard as those of the long-nosed potoroo – a larger species with a much ...

Rats in your basement or yard are bad enough. But roof rats? They earn their name, and they aren't something you want. Here's how to identify & prevent them.

Hantavirus comes from contact with rodents — such as rats and mice — especially after exposure to their urine, droppings, and saliva.

Wombats are furry, nocturnal marsupials found only in Australia. Baby wombats have recently been in the news after an ...

The hispid cotton rat is about 8 to 14.6 inches long, with a tail that ranges from ... or feces get into cuts in your skin or eyes, nose or mouth. When cleaning up after seeing rodent activity ...