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

Research suggests that early macropodoids likely adopted a bounding gait before transitioning to bipedal hopping. Small ...

By Simon J. Levien The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has a suggestion to help curb the growing population of an invasive species that bears a resemblance to a very large rat: Eat them.

Gąsiorek discarded low-quality samples and those likely containing what he calls “rat tardigrades”—commonplace species he was confident would appear in other samples. This left the ...

Of 101 samples collected from dead animals between September 2023 and May 2024, 85 percent tested positive for rodenticide, ...

Dr Loh said: “This is something pet lovers should take note of.” Generally, rats are an invasive species and can cause significant damage to ecosystems and wildlife, experts told CNA TODAY.

To understand why kangaroos hop -- a rarity among animals -- researchers have studied the musky rat-kangaroo (Hypsiprymnodon moschatus), a diminutive marsupial that weighs only 500 grams but is the ...

Scientists stalking a small marsupial through a remote Australian rainforest say they may have found a clue to the mystery of ...

Rats in Riverside County are the latest mammal species to be infected with H5N1 bird flu Identification of virus in rats raises concerns about potential infection pathways to people and their pets ...