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 ...

The saying goes that Kansas City in August is hotter than two rats in a wool sock, but it turns out the rising temperatures ...

The study did not count rats directly; instead, it analyzed rat sighting complaints submitted by city residents.

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

Urban dwellers in Washington D.C., San Francisco, Toronto, New York City, and Amsterdam might have seen rats scurrying across their cities — and they're not imagining an influx. Rat populations ...

Contaminated seafood and longer days aren’t the only consequences of climate change that people should be aware of. Many species, including bees and polar bears, face hardships due to global warming.

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

Based on individual trends within cities, Washington was by far the leader in rat increases, followed by San Francisco, ...

“This paper is by far the largest data-driven effort to ... about what makes a property less likely to have rats,” Richardson said. New York City's recently stepped up rat-fighting, which ...