The navigation app relies on self-reported data — making for the only existing information trove of underground rat sightings. Rats are reported on 42% of subway trips, according to the data.

Rats can be dangerous not only at homes but also on fields, they can win a war and defeat powerful enemies through their ...

African giant pouched rats like Carolina prevented nearly 400,000 new cases of a deadly disease. It's possible because of ...

Given the strictly subterranean existence of the naked mole-rat (Heterocephalus glaber), it is not surprising that naked mole-rats have evolved a set of characteristics highly suited to life in dark, ...

Andrew Barrett is hardly a rat sympathizer. He's spent years waging war on the rodents who flock to his community garden in Brooklyn, smashing the entrances to their underground burrows ...

While urbanites struggle with crowds, sparse parking spaces, and their upstairs neighbors stomping around at 4 a.m., rats are living their best lives. Huddled safely underground, they pop up at ...

It’s thought that Damaraland mole-rats live permanently underground to avoid the heat of the day and predators, only rarely venturing to the surface in search of mating opportunities and when ...

The infestation reportedly began during renovations of the city’s historic Market Square, which disrupted underground rat nests, forcing the rodents into public spaces.