Large rat populations can have a damaging effect on cities. Researchers found that living with rats "impacts people and their psyche." Rats also breed disease. "They transmit and carry more than ...

Passengers on a Spirit Airlines flight were shocked to see a large rat running through the cabin during the flight. A video ...

But instead of devouring the rat right away, the blue heron took its time. Video shows the large bird tried to make the most ...

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 ...

In the first study of its kind, scientists found a correlation between climate change and a rise in urban rat populations.

Chicago has claimed the top spot as the United States’ rattiest city for 10 years straight, and Los Angeles is at No. 2. New ...

Baltimore, MD (WHTM) Meet Mirasol, one very, VERY large rat. “She’s about 1.7 kilograms,” says Jenny Egan, the Senior Area Manager for the Maryland Zoo at Baltimore. “She is an African ...

Within these top five, the researchers saw large differences in the magnitude of that growth. For example, Washington, D.C., had 1.5 times greater growth in rat populations than New York City.

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

A new study is the first to link rising temperatures with booming rat populations in cities around the world. Rising seas, intensifying droughts, worsening floods — these are well-known effects of ...