Are you squeakin’ at me? Big Apple rats are just as social as some New Yorkers — and even sound like them, speaking to each other with a distinctive accent, a new study found. “Being social helps them ...

A classmate of Tutter’s, Lily is a shy mouse who secretly excels at poetry. Mallymkun (Mally for short) is a swashbuckling mouse who boldly battles the Bandersnatch. Another classmate of Tutter’s, ...

Dolphins of the sewers, pigeons of the earth, proof of a long life as an ancient port city – Mumbai’s rats are a phenomenon.

An ultra-rare gigantic rat so big that it puts New York City's subway-dwelling rodents to shame has been caught on camera for the first time. Uromys vika, a giant rat known for being "one of the world ...

New York City is preparing to roll out an unconventional strategy for tackling its rodent problem: rat birth control. The city says its pilot program goes into effect April 26, distributing pellets to ...

A rat king displayed at the University of Tartu Natural History Museum in Estonia. Some have claimed that the phenomenon in which rats become entangled by their tails is just a hoax but experts say ...