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 ...

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

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

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

“In New Orleans they make a big effort to get out into neighborhoods ... makes a property less likely to have rats,” Richardson said. New York City's recently stepped up rat-fighting, which ...