“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 inflatable rat] was coming from the cellphone lot, I couldn’t read the text on the sign at all, but I saw it a couple minutes later on the other side of ... began as a small rat that ...

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 ...

If you upgraded any electronics this holiday season, it’s time to get rid of the old stuff, but you don’t want to toss it in the trash.

For starters, like many mammals, rats’ eyes are positioned on the side of their head. This gives them a wider visual field of view, which is useful in the wild for spotting and avoiding predators.

Lafayette Coney Island will have a white placard placed in its window when it reopens following a shutdown due to a rat ...

Small statured and intent, Corrigan was raised in a big Irish Catholic family on Long Island. He talks like New Yorkers in the movies. NEW YORK CITY Rats raid a trash can in lower Manhattan’s ...

FILE - A rat leaves its burrow at a park in New York City on Sept. 17, 2015. ( AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File) ...

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, and the ...