Parts of the state have been battling a rat and mouse plague for months now. A surge in the native rodent population has forced the rats to move coastwards in their search for more food ...

Mr Hayes said the species had colonised waterways in Brittany, France, but they were native to South America. The States said: "The rodent, which looks like a large rat, is a non-native ...

In the remote Queensland outback, a marsupial bigger than a mouse but smaller than a ... are booming in the North West because the native long-haired rat is also booming. The native rat has ...