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

On the East Coast, especially in major cities, rats are seen as a nuisance. On the West Coast in Portland, they receive ...

Rats are, in many ways, better adapted to cities than the humans that built them. While urbanites struggle with crowds, sparse parking spaces, and their upstairs neighbors stomping around at 4 ...

Trailing behind Queens CB 8 on the list of districts with the highest rat report increases year-over-year are Bronx CB 10 in ...

"Rats truly are the most resilient, loving and smartest creatures, not to mention misunderstood," a post on a Bloomington small animal rescue's Facebook page reads. Staff and volunteers at the ...

Hantaviruses can infect and cause serious disease in people worldwide, according to the CDC. People get hantavirus from ...

However, as with all invasive species, if rat populations do not have “biological checks and balances” in the ecosystem, they are likely to “run amok” and be a problem for others ...

But one way the city tracks the fight against rats is by calls to 311. The downward numbers are a sign, Corradi said, that ...