Black and brown rats alike traveled with explorers and traders, then settled down to eat our trash and steal our food. Today in Africa the median farm still loses 15 percent of its yield to rats.

Rodents have apparently gnawed clear through the dense plastic of the Big Apple ‘s supposedly “rat proof” new trash bins — but the city said the results show the containers are largely keeping the ...

The “rat patrol” has been on the warpath. No, not the Rat Patrol from the TV show in the 1960s. This is the city's “rat ...

It gives cities a better picture of the uphill task that they face,” said Jonathan Richardson, an urban ecologist at the University of Richmond who led the work published in ...

"The rats are eating our marijuana. They're all high," NOPD Chief Anne Kirkpatrick testified at a city Criminal Justice Committee meeting.

Apart from being addicted to marijuana, rats are also tripping on psilocybin by eating packaging that contains mushrooms. "The Harris County District Attorney's Office was notified last week that ...

A new study led by researchers at University of Richmond has revealed that growing rat populations are the world are closely linked to rising temperatures and urban expansion. According to the study, ...

HOUSTON, TEXAS — Thousands of defense lawyers have been put on notice about a rat infestation that could affect their clients. ABC’s Jim Ryan reports that rats have been running amuck in a ...