There are fears of a resurgence of a serious disease as the number of rats rise in a popular park, a former councillor has ...

It’s fall, meaning citrus trees are loaded with fruit and roof rats must not be far behind. These rodents are more than annoying — they’re destructive. Roof rats chew up engine-compartment wiring, ...

Gray rat snakes, commonly called chicken snakes, are non-venomous and known for their climbing ability due to their unique body shape. They climb trees to hunt birds, eggs and squirrels, and to bask ...

The latest front in New York City’s war on rats? Some 600,000 tree beds on the street. City officials on Sunday announced they are investing $877,000 to establish new teams focused on clearing out rat ...

Dr. Terry Hunt from the University of Arizona and Dr. Carl Lipo from the University of Birmingham have published a study in ...

Rat vigilantes on the Upper West Side are placing exposed rat poison in the tree beds, endangering children and pets. Two Upper West Side dogs, Waffles, a one-year-old rescue coon hound mix, and Beti, ...

Learn how rats, originally brought over to Easter Island as a food source, are partially to blame for the destruction of palm ...

While the Rapa Nui people did play a role in the island’s deforestation, the greater role may belong to a virtual tidal wave ...

A new paper advances the decades-long argument regarding whether rats were the driving force that deforested Rapa Nui, aka ...

New videos reveal the surprising dynamics of bat-rat relationships—and suggest how human activity is fueling these interspecies conflicts.

New research shows how people, palms, and millions of rats shaped Easter Island long before Europeans arrived.