The Rat King costume was built in 1983 for the Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre, and even when it's fresh from the dry cleaners, There's a secret weapon to keeping the smell of the Rat King costume under ...

Stories of strange, never-before-documented creatures are pretty common around the world, and most of them are little more than legends. So, it’s not exactly ...

Now, it seems, the once mythical rodent is indeed real, and it's absolutely huge. The rat, which has been called "Vika" by locals on Vangunu for decades, but no scientists had ever been able to ...

A new species of giant rat has been discovered, and it can crack open coconuts with its bare teeth. The elusive species measures 45 centimetres long and is five times bigger than an average rodent ...

The rat, which is now officially known by the scientific name Uromys vika, is a real heavyweight, coming in at 2.2 pounds.To put that in perspective, the average rat you’d see in the US would ...