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 ...

Rat populations are growing in cities around the world because of climate change. A new study explains why this is happening now and what we can do about it.

A warmer climate can also extend growing seasons, providing rats more food as well as vegetation to hide in, said Michael Parsons, an urban field ecologist and wild rat expert who was not involved ...

New York rats are primarily Norway (or brown) rats. Their ancestors lived in the wild in northern China and Mongolia, were established in parts of Europe by 1500, and then followed Europeans ...

A new study led by researchers at University of Richmond has revealed that growing rat populations are the world are closely ...