The invading rat is none other than the Australian native long-haired rat, appropriately called the "plague rat." Thankfully, the nickname does not refer to a propensity to spread disease ...

Feasting on the blossoms up in the trees is strange behavior for the critically endangered Ryukyu long-haired rat (Diplothrix legata), which grows to 25 to 30 centimeters in length ...

Hair and other spiny rat tissue were discovered in 61 percent of 36 fecal samples collected from the entire northern part of the village. Of the 36 fecal samples, 17 percent contained long-haired ...