Rats also tend to love tunnels. Some of the rattiest stations, like 191st St. and Lexington Avenue-63rd St in Manhattan are ...

Chocolates and flowers are the standard gifts for Valentine's Day. But what about naming a live creature after the one you ...

The fire at a Bronx apartment building on Jan. 10 was the third to break out in recent years at a property owned by Ved ...

In 2017, Parkash made headlines for allowing conditions in another Bronx building to deteriorate so severely that it bred a deadly rat-borne bacterial disease to flourish. Three people caught ...

Name your favorite invasive species after the person who invaded your heart this Valentine’s Day. The Bronx Zoo has kicked ...

Rattus norvegicus, also called the Norway rat or brown rat — doesn’t hibernate in winter but does become less active when the weather is freezing for prolonged periods.

As New York fights a losing war against millions of rats, city officials have greenlit a plan that they hope will cut numbers ...