The world's second-biggest rat species — a gargantuan woolly beast — was caught on camera in the mountains of New Guinea.

A Reddit user's video showing a strange aquatic creature with a tail has gone viral, sparking a flurry of curious and surprisingly informed guesses online.

Here's something: The District of Bonnyville in Alberta, Canada is holding a contest to name a taxidermied rat. Is Bonnyville's other name Pawnee, Indiana? We don't know for sure, but maybe.

This year, crowds can look forward to seeing legendary bands such as The Boomtown Rats and Stockton’s Wing while the brilliant Kerry band that are No Strings Attached round out the billing for ...

The team formerly known as the Edmonton Prospects, set to debut in a new stadium in Spruce Grove this year, has a new name — and a prickly one to boot. Team officials unveiled the new moniker on ...

adding that they don’t publicise last names. open image in gallery Breland, a peregrine falcon, eats a frozen rat at the Bird Treatment and Learning Center (AP) The videos of raptors like Ghost ...

She ponied up $100 to name a frozen dead rat after her ex, and it will now be fed to a resident raptor at the facility. Scott, who is celebrating her first anniversary as a newly single woman ...

She ponied up $100 to name a frozen dead rat after her ex, and it will now be fed to a resident raptor at the facility. Scott, who is celebrating her first anniversary as a newly single woman, views ...

Dr Joanna Woodnutt MRCVS, a vet at insurance provider ManyPets, spoke exclusively to Express.co.uk about dogs catching rats. "Jack Russell Terriers were bred for killing rats, and they're very ...