This article is from Hakai Magazine, an online publication about science and society in coastal ecosystems. Read more stories like this at hakaimagazine.com. By day, the shrubby clifftops of North ...

Cute and furry Australian native bush rats — that were deemed ‘locally missing” — are being reintroduced into bushland in ...

Twenty-four Australian bush rats will be reintroduced into an urban nature reserve in Sydney this weekend. Half of the rats will be left in areas where pieces of towel, carrying their individual musk, ...

KARUMBA, Australia - Residents of a small Australian coastal town are dealing with thousands of dead and dying rats washing up on area beaches, according to reports. The rats have recently descended ...

An introduced black rat scratches through leaf litter, looking for food. Nearby, a native water rat watches on, its beady eyes shining. The native rat pounces out from the shadows, sending the invader ...

Residents are horrified by a plague of rats that has descended on a usually picturesque Queensland fishing town, leaving a foul smell as they die and decay on the beaches. Locals in Karumba, in The ...

A plague of rats is creating havoc in Karumba, a small coastal town in Queensland, Australia, where hordes of rodents are chewing on electrical wires and otherwise eating everything they can find — ...