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 ...

Brown rat (Rattus norvegicus) is the rat species common in cities all over the world. While previously European cities were inhabited by black rats (Rattus rattus), nowadays they are rare, having lost ...

Barrett-Hamilton, G. E. H., and Hinton, M. A. C., "History of British Mammals" (1910–21).

Such cold has, yes, a chilling effect on the Big Apple's notorious rodents. But it boosts efforts to get rid of them, says city “rat czar” Kathleen Corradi. “It's stressing out rats. It’s putting them ...

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

There are old rat paths beneath the benches in at least two ferry sheds. In the spring and summer, multitudes of one species, the brown rat, live in twisting, many-chambered burrows in vacant lots ...

Below-average temperatures have a chilling effect on the notorious rodents, but boost efforts to get rid of them, the city’s ‘rat czar’ Kathleen Corradi says ...