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

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The city of Amsterdam is one of 11 where climate change is considered to be having an impact on the rising rat population.

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. A rat leaves its burrow at a park in New York City on Sept. 17, 2015. ( AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File) A rat ...

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 ...

THE Giant African snail (GAS), known as a major pest, is gaining traction as a delicacy in Trinidad and Tobago.

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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.

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In the first study of its kind, scientists found a correlation between climate change and a rise in urban rat populations. A rat scurries across West Broadway in New York City. A study looking at ...