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 ...

Rats are primarily nocturnal creatures, making them difficult to spot during daylight hours. If you suspect that rats may be living under your decking, there are four key signs to watch out for.

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 ...

Indeed, my graduate work with Mark Blumberg at the University of Iowa revealed that species differences in retinohypothalamic projections are associated with the developmental emergence of ...