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.

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 ...

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

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

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

More rats: that’s the latest indignity that climate change is dumping on major cities around the world, including in Canada’s ...

A new study led by researchers at University of Richmond has revealed that growing rat populations are the world are closely ...

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

Burgeoning rat populations are a big problem for cities ... It had a 1.5 times greater growth in rat populations than New York City. The tell-tale sign of a rat problem in DC is a hole chewed ...