Your cat's ears are like tiny, furry radar dishes picking up sounds you'll never hear. While you might think your home is ...

Residents document accelerating rat infestations across Treasure Valley. Official rat control efforts are slowed by Idaho statute, jurisdictional hurdles. Experts urge vigilance, preparedness to ward ...

In the first study of its kind, scientists found a correlation between climate change and a rise in urban rat populations. A rat scurries across West Broadway in New York City. A study looking at rat ...

It is a list you do not want to be in. Orkin‘s annual Top 50 Rattiest Cities List has a new king, and one Connecticut city has unfortunately cracked the top 5. Hartford jumped 8 positions in the list, ...

Few city rats have left their mark on the public consciousness — and the urban landscape — like the one responsible for the famed “Chicago rat hole.” (“Pizza Rat” is a notable exception.) But the ...

Since at least the 1500s, people have been mesmerized by the legend of a so-called “rat king.” Usually depicted as a mass of a rodents with their tails tied in a knot, the specific details can vary by ...

Are you squeakin’ at me? Big Apple rats are just as social as some New Yorkers — and even sound like them, speaking to each other with a distinctive accent, a new study found. “Being social helps them ...

Across the many thousands of movies, TV shows, comic books, video games, Broadway musicals, and more that Disney has produced over the past century, the iconic brand has produced countless beloved ...

City data actually suggest that rat sightings are declining. But horror stories are everywhere, and a single rat in a stroller is enough to set off a panic. By Christopher Maag Rachel Chase, a ...

Central Park is turning into a squeak show. New York City is losing the rat war in the iconic green space — where the vermin are so brazen, they routinely raid baby strollers for snacks at a besieged ...

Blue water—the hulk of a smudgy oiler—the sails of little boats, like petals fallen on an azure field—the Summer sky. This is the setting that frames Marblehead, Mass., and this, in Marblehead’s ...