Often dismissed as pests, rats have long been misunderstood. But the African giant pouched rat (Cricetomys gambianus), the world’s longest, is challenging that perception. With its intelligence and ...

ABC News looks at New York City’s fight against rats as city officials and residents take matters into their own hands, ...

The saying goes that Kansas City in August is hotter than two rats in a wool sock, but it turns out the rising temperatures ...

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Luna Bioscience moves ahead with work on a vaccine to prevent a deadly infection that spreads from animals to humans, as anxiety mounts in state research labs.

Wildlife professionals and advocates are grappling with an avian influenza outbreak that seems to be growing more virulent ...

Call the Midwife has released some first-look images for the next epsiode of Call the Midwife season 14 which reveal a new ...

Hotter, denser cities are fertile ground for rats There's nothing unusual about the presence of rats in cities, but their increasing proliferation is of growing concern to the scientific community.

The study did not count rats directly; instead, it analyzed rat sighting complaints submitted by city residents.

New York City’s recently stepped up rat-fighting, which includes replacing garbage in bags on the street with rat-resistant containers, hasn’t quite shown up in Richardson’s data yet, but rat czar ...

Global warming is helping rats thrive in major cities around the world, with Washington DC seeing the fastest growth in rats ...

Global warming is worsening droughts, making sea levels rise, and fueling deadly storms. Now scientists have a new problem to ...