The saying goes that Kansas City in August is hotter than two rats in a wool sock, but it turns out the rising temperatures ...

Good news, New York! Your endless war on rats has achieved its first tiny victory, and all it took was discovering what the ...

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

Rats are particularly notorious in New York City’s subways ... launching a program to educate citizens to fight rats in their neighborhood and even appointing a “rat czar.” ...

More rats: that’s the latest indignity that climate change is dumping on major cities around the world, including in Canada’s ...

New York City's recently stepped up rat-fighting, which includes replacing garbage in bags on the street with rat-resistant containers, hasn't quite shown up in Richardson's data yet, but rat czar ...

Urban dwellers in Washington D.C., San Francisco, Toronto, New York City, and Amsterdam might have seen rats scurrying across their cities — and they're not imagining an influx. Rat populations ...

The study did not count rats directly; instead, it analyzed rat sighting complaints submitted by city residents.

A sports betting company is wagering that scorned lovers hate their exes so badly they want to name a NYC rat after them.