The war on rats in Washington D.C. is not going well. But if the city takes a page out of New York's waste management ...

Though they're not inherently dirty animals, rats scavenge in sewers and bins and can pass on serious diseases to humans.

New York City is home to some three million rats, and learning how these rodent residents navigate and communicate is vital to understanding their impact on humans. A new preprint shows attempts to ...

For decades, New York sidewalks were awash in piled-up black plastic rubbish bags, some of which doubled as housing projects for the city’s other inhabitants. “I’ve kicked bags of garbage in New York ...

Are you squeakin’ at me? Big Apple rats are just as social as some New Yorkers — and even sound like them, speaking to each other with a distinctive accent, a new study found. “Being social helps them ...

Los Angeles has the biggest rat problem in America, with more Yelp searches for rodent services than any other city.

Dedicating $3.5 million to rid the city of rats, New York City Mayor Eric Adams just announced the hiring of Kathleen Corradi, the city's "rat czar." Adams said that rats in New York City "are going ...

Generations of rodents had been scrabbling around a Berkeley woman's attic since she was a child. Finally she switched ...

Here in New York City, we humans crown ourselves rulers of the five boroughs—but the kingdom is split. We cohabit with a parallel society that commutes along subway rails, picnics in parks and ...

HOUSTON -- An elderly woman's southeast Houston home has become a nest for large rats that she said she can't get rid of. "I tell my friend no come to visit," said the woman who only wants to be ...