In the remote mountain rainforests of Papua New Guinea, there is a creature that has managed to elude humans for decades—a ...

The subalpine woolly rat, measuring a whopping 2.7ft in length, has been discovered in the highlands of Papua New Guinea - ...

It took six months of searching on the island of New Guinea, but the gigantic Subalpine Woolly Rat (Mallomys istapantap) has ...

The colossal species of rat, known as the subalpine woolly rat, has been discovered in Papua New Guinea and is more than ...

A six-month expedition to the tropical island of New Guinea has led to a remarkable discovery by a young Czech doctoral ...

A newly released video shows the first-ever footage of the subalpine woolly rat, one of the world’s largest rodents, captured ...

If you have a fear of abnormally large rodents, you might want to look away now. A scientist has discovered a whopping species of rat that measures more than 2.5 feet long – three times the ...

Researchers trained African giant pouched rats to detect illegally trafficked wildlife species and remember targets for several months. (Credit: APOPO) Researchers have trained African giant pouched ...

They’re rats. And they wear tiny red vests. African giant pouched rats have been trained to identify pangolin scales, elephant ivory and other items from at-risk species, researchers report ...

While the jury is still out on whether or not the African giant pouched rat is cute, it’s harder to deny the impressive power of its nose. Tanzania-based non-profit APOPO has already ...