In rural Madagascar, the black rat is likely transmitting the deadly hantaviruses to humans. Since the beginning, rats have ...

And their ability to transmit diseases is well known. The black rat, Rattus rattus, originated in southern Asia, and likely migrated into Europe along the spice trade, and from there to the rest of ...

Japanese restaurant chain Sukiya will temporarily shut nearly all of its roughly 2,000 branches after a rat was found in a miso soup and a bug in another meal, the company said Saturday.

Hongkongers have questioned the hygiene standards at Japanese restaurant Sushiro after a viral video showed a rat scurrying on one of its light panels. In the video, which went viral on Thursday ...