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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

Warmer winters, denser living conditions, less vegetation, and limited rat control resources also contributed to the growth ...

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

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