If the trap’s a-rockin’, don’t come a-knockin’. New York City’s fight against rats has entered the furry beasts’ bedrooms, with the City Council approving a measure to lace rat traps ...

Wildlife experts fear that a rat could disrupt the island’s delicate balance, so they are pulling out all the stops. By Amanda Holpuch The last time a rat found its way to Alaska’s St. Paul ...

A tiny, remote Alaskan island in the Bering Sea home to only about 350 people has been on the hunt for a potentially phantom rat that a resident may or may not have seen outside their home back in ...

A tiny Alaskan island known as the “Galapagos of the North” with a population of just 350 is in a panic over a singular rat that may not even exist. Residents of the St. Paul Island in the ...

Rats can often be a problem inside our homes and outside them. While they can cause damage by chewing through wood, insulation and wires, rats and other rodents can also carry harmful or deadly ...

Despite their pervasiveness, the common brown rats you see scurrying around subway tracks and garbage bags aren’t native to New York. According to a plaque on this monument that popped up in The ...

The last time a rat found its way to Alaska’s St. Paul Island, in 2018, residents took nearly a year to find and kill it. Officials fear another rat has arrived, and they have enlisted residents ...

BRITS are set to face their worst winter ever for rat invasions as the wet weather drives disease-ridden rodents into the nation's homes, experts have warned. The number of rat sightings in homes ...

New York has come up with a novel approach to its infamous rat problem - targeting the rodents with birth-control pills. Under a plan approved by the city's council, contraceptive pellets will be ...

Rats and mice, with their notoriously poor eyesight, rely heavily on their keen sense of smell to navigate and survive. To deter these unwelcome visitors, households are advised to use potent ...