A new study finds that rat infestation in many of the world’s cities appears to be soaring, especially in Washington ...

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

Simmering urban temperatures are bad for humans. It's another story for rats, according to new research -- especially in ...

Well, rats. A study of 16 cities shows that higher ambient temperatures and loss of green space are associated with increasing rodent complaints.

We are on our heels and being pushed backward,” Jonathan Richardson, the study’s lead author and an ecologist at the ...

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 ...

Explorer and Wisconsin hunter Roy Chapman Andrews sets off into the Korean countryside to hunt down a man-eating tiger.

Rodents have apparently gnawed clear through the dense plastic of the Big Apple ‘s supposedly “rat proof” new trash bins — but the city said the results show the containers are largely keeping the ...