Rising temperatures in recent years were linked to a significant increase in Boston’s rat population, new research says. Boston’s human population grew about 9 percent between 2011 and 2020, according ...

The warmer it gets, the faster rats multiply in cities that already struggle to contain them, according to a new study. Cold weather is one of the few things that can slow rats down, and with climate ...

Of the many myths that have followed the Brown Rat around New York City down the years perhaps the most commonly cited –and loved– is the one about there being one rat per person. That would equal ...

(CNN) — 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 warning cities across the globe are becoming far rattier, and the ...

They shimmy through cracks and root through trash. They scurry across alleyways and hide in metro tunnels.Sometimes, they even dart right in front of your feet. These creatures have also been ...