There’s a saying that in a big city you are never more than six feet away from a rat. It’s an urban myth but scientists are ...

This week’s frigid weather has many New York City residents shivering, scurrying into cozy spots and feeling sapped.

Almost every one of the world’s cities is rat infested. In some, like New York, there are teams that fight them. They have ...

A new study finds that rat infestation in many of the world’s cities appears to be soaring, especially in Washington.

The city of Amsterdam is one of 11 where climate change is considered to be having an impact on the rising rat population.

Climate change is contributing to a global rise in urban rat infestations, according to a new Science Advances study. As ...

Such cold has, yes, a chilling effect on the Big Apple's notorious rodents. But it boosts efforts to get rid of them, says ...

Such cold has, yes, a chilling effect on the Big Apple's notorious rodents ... the heat’ from this cold snap.” New York City's wild rat species — Rattus norvegicus, also called the Norway ...

Researchers pointed to two other big statistical links — that fit ... So it evolved and engineered to live alongside us,” New York City rat czar Kathleen Corradi said during a break at a ...

Advertisement Article continues below this ad Such cold has, yes, a chilling effect on the Big ... now while the rats are ‘feeling the heat’ from this cold snap.” New York City's wild ...