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 ...

“So we kind of get to double down now while the rats are ‘feeling the heat’ from this cold snap.” New York City's wild rat species — Rattus norvegicus, also called the Norway rat or ...

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FILE - A rat is seen in Central Park in New York, Sunday, March 19, 2017. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File) ...

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 ...

The worst European city for rat infestation is Amsterdam. Of the 16 cities studied, Amsterdam was considered to have the 5th fastest growing rat population, just behind New York. In America ...

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

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

FILE - A rat leaves its burrow at a park in New York City on Sept. 17, 2015. ( AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File) ...

Ahead of Valentine’s Day, BetUS is hosting a contest where the jilted and betrayed can name a New York City street rat after their former flame. BetUS is hosting a contest where the jilted and ...