"The rare giant rat is at least twice the size of a common rat, is tree-dwelling and reportedly can chew through coconuts with its teeth," the University of Melbourne said in a press release.

A mother who found her toddler chewing on a rat's foot has been told the disgusting find likely came from her own home - not the store-bought garlic bread she had initially suspected. Shannon ...

A RAT was killed with an air pistol after it terrorised ... We had to put a towel on the door because we were worried it would chew through the door again." "I was actually so scared.

A family say they have had months of "horrific nights" hearing rats running around the loft A family have said their lives had become like a "horror movie" after rats chewed holes through a ...

A vermin invasion has turned a ritzy Upper West Side block into “The Valley of the Rats.” Residents are afraid ... The critters chew their way into cars, gnaw through trash bins and scurry ...