A new study has claimed the Aesculapian snake was 'accidentally' introduced to the UK - with experts saying the reptiles can ...

First a river ran blood red. Now Argentina's beloved giant rodent, the capybara, has been coated in Hulk-green slime as ...

Rats have long been misunderstood, often seen as pests rather than pals. However, the African giant pouched rat, the largest ...

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 ...

Two NYPD detectives allege in a bombshell lawsuit filed Saturday that they have become modern-day Serpicos, investigating police corruption at the highest levels only to be retaliated against by ...

I've walked along one of the streets and a giant rat ran past me in the middle of the day," said Alejandra Bravo, a Toronto city councillor who proposed the successful motion to build a rat ...

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 warning cities across the globe are becoming far rattier ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. A rat leaves its burrow at a park in New York City on Sept. 17, 2015. ( AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File) A rat ...

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

JABALIA, Gaza (Reuters) - The rats and dogs scavenging amid the ruins of her neighborhood in northern Gaza make Manal Al-Harsh's return to her wrecked home even more miserable. Despite the respite ...