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

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.

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 says. New York recently stepped up its rat-fighting with measures ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

San Francisco, Toronto, New York, and Washington, D.C. have seen the biggest spikes in rat populations over the past decade. The Washington Post reports that rat populations in urban areas are ...

“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 ...

A new study published in Science Advances reveals that rat populations are surging in cities experiencing rising temperatures ...