“It’s very exciting that Norway rats, a highly destructive, invasive predator, may soon be gone from these wonderful ocean islands,” Ian Jones, a professor of biology at the Memorial ...

A female rat gives birth to eight baby rats, or pups ... Even though brown rats are also called Norway rats, the geographical name’s not accurate. They’re not from Norway.

An elusive Norway rat which was running amok on Motutapu Island in the Hauraki Gulf has been tracked and eliminated with the help of AI technology. The rat came to light in April this year when it ...