Avian enthusiast Emil Schachtzabel (1850-1941) was fascinated by the wide variety of hybrid pigeon breeds that fanciers ...

Along a similar vein is the annual scare story of giant spiders invading our homes over winter. Today, the Independent tells ...

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While enormous rats might be many people's nightmare, these huge rodents could be a key weapon in the battle against the trading of illegal wildlife goods. African giant pouched rats can be ...

RATS the size of cats have been causing mayhem in an Asda. The monster vermin have been filmed scuttling down the aisles to the horror of onlookers. Sources claimed the "infestation" had been ...

As a diurnal rodent of small body size, good temperament, and short breeding cycle, the Nile grass rat is an attractive laboratory animal for biomedical research. Like the standard laboratory rat ...

Fen Raft spiders can spin a web as large as 25cm and can grow to the size of a rat - but are completely harmless to humans. The fen raft spider has a brown or black body with white or cream ...

Rodents have made their way onto two recent flights. Here's what to do—and not do. Have you ever seen a rat, or any type of rodent, on an airplane? This was my go-to conversation opener at each ...

It's always a worry if you've spotted a mouse indoors or a rat in the backyard. And learning how to get rid of mice or how to get rid of rats can be a challenging and often expensive task at the ...

A resident had reported a rat sighting. “I got PTSD immediately,” Lauren Divine, the director of the island’s Ecosystem Conservation Office, told The Washington Post. Rats are a nuisance in ...

Sources claimed the "infestation" had been caused by "cutbacks" at the store. Footage of two huge rats running around Asda's branch in Horwich near Bolton, Lancs, last Sunday was shared with The Sun.