A new study finds that rat infestation in many of the world’s cities appears to be soaring, especially in Washington ...

Large rat populations can have a damaging effect on cities. Researchers found that living with rats " impacts people and ...

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

Mayor Adams may be making strides in his administration’s war on rats, but he’s still struggling with a battle closer to home ...

New York City is getting rattier, thanks to climate change. That’s a takeaway from a new study, which found cities that ...

Urban ecologists looked at 16 cities from Tokyo to New Orleans and found New York City had the fourth-highest rat population ...

Global warming is worsening droughts, making sea levels rise, and fueling deadly storms. Now scientists have a new problem to ...

“We’re seeing these increasing trends in rats in cities that are warming the fastest, probably because this is a small mammal that has physiological challenges in the cold weather months ...

The fight against wildlife trafficking, one of the most lucrative illegal trades worldwide, has a new and unexpected ally: ...

A new study is the first to link rising temperatures with booming rat populations in cities around the world. Rising seas, intensifying droughts, worsening floods — these are well-known effects of ...

Climate change, especially warming winters, is linked to rising rat populations in cities, according to a new study. It found ...