This week's frigid weather has many New York City residents shivering, scurrying into cozy spots and feeling sapped. Including the rats. The United States' most populous city has been spared the Upper ...

Reports of Norway rat sightings in Boise and Eagle have become increasingly common since 2020, leading to local experts believing that the populations have proliferated to the point that they're ...

Such cold has, yes, a chilling effect on the Big Apple's notorious rodents. But it boosts efforts to get rid of them, says city “rat czar” Kathleen Corradi. “It's stressing out rats. It’s putting them ...

A male rat tries to mate with as many female rats as possible. Even though brown rats are also called Norway rats, the geographical name’s not accurate. They’re not from Norway. They’re from ...

Such cold has, yes, a chilling effect on the Big Apple’s notorious ... New York City’s wild rat species — Rattus norvegicus, also called the Norway rat or brown rat — doesn’t hibernate ...