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 ...

FILE - A rat is seen in Central Park in New York, Sunday, March 19, 2017. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File) ...

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

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“So we kind of get to double down now while the rats are ‘feeling the heat’ from this cold snap.” New York City's wild rat species — Rattus norvegicus, also called the Norway rat or ...

A new study led by researchers at University of Richmond has revealed that growing rat populations are the world are closely ...

New York City and Amsterdam experienced the biggest growth. Just three saw declines: New Orleans, Louisville and Tokyo. The study linked rat increases to several factors, including high population ...

Climate change is contributing to a global rise in urban rat infestations, according to a new Science Advances study. As ...

FILE - A rat leaves its burrow at a park in New York City on Sept. 17, 2015. ( AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File) ...