With the most wonderful — and for some, the most stressful — time of year underway, a University of Iowa researcher is ...

A whacky government cartoon warned Seattle residents how to deal with rats that might climb up from flooded sewers into toilets – but social media just couldn’t take it seriously.

Councillor Andrew Hay is eager to crack down on 'rat running' through residential streets. Source: Facebook/Councillor Andrew Hay As road congestion worsens across Australia, "rat running" through ...

HOUSTON – Dozens of rats have made Houston’s City Hall their nocturnal playground, scurrying across sidewalks and diving into burrows on the building’s front lawn just days before the city’s annual ...

New videos reveal the surprising dynamics of bat-rat relationships—and suggest how human activity is fueling these interspecies conflicts. A rat attacks a bat as it flies by in this still image from a ...

A home infested with rats is frustrating residents of a neighborhood in Irvine. The home, located on Typee Way, has been drawing complaints from neighbors who have noticed a recent uptick in rat ...

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Being stuck in traffic is a powerless feeling. There’s nowhere to go, nothing to do. When you’re trapped at a busy intersection, you might be tempted to cut through a gas station, parking lot or other ...

When a Middlesex County couple began to notice holes burrowed into their suburban backyard more than a year ago, they weren’t sure what was to blame. Snakes? Groundhogs? Maybe, squirrels? Then Kathy ...

Everyone's been there, running late behind the wheel and hoping that one stubborn traffic light on your commute will cooperate. But as you approach, predicably, the steady green immediately turns red, ...

When you’re stuck in a line of cars at a red light, you might feel tempted to cut through a gas station or parking lot to get around the clogged intersection. It’s a practice called “rat running,” and ...