“Everyone here has a story with rats,” Ricky Meinke says. In Allston and Brighton, rats aren’t just a fact of life. These rodents have become central to the neighborhood’s ...

Urban rats spread a deadly bacteria as they migrate within cities that can be the source of a potentially life-threatening disease in humans, according to a six-year study that also discovered a ...

APOPO "He's a very hardworking rat," Cindy Fast, head of APOPO's training and research efforts, tells PEOPLE of the group's star landmine-sniffing rodent Since 1979, nearly 20,000 people — many ...

Dragons are bold leaders, attracting success. Rats are strategic and financially savvy. Pigs are kind and attract abundance through positive relationships. These signs suggest fortune favors the ...

They say, in London, that you're never more than six feet away from a rat. 'They' are wrong. Rats are still common in the city, and occasionally cause serious issues. But most of us, most of the ...

Ronin the African giant pouched rat is one of more than 100 rats trained by a Belgian nonprofit to sniff out deadly land mines. Guinness World Records / APOPO Former conflict zones are littered ...

CHICAGO — An area non-profit organization is planning a pilot study of rat contraceptives, starting this summer near Lincoln Park, in an effort to find a safer and more effective alternative to ...

MONTEGO BAY, St James — The St James Health Department ordered the temporary closure of 25 rat-infested businesses in Montego Bay in April as it employed a zero-tolerance approach to rid the ...

Rats, often dismissed as harmless, can actually become quite a nuisance once they take up residence in your garden. Notorious for their stealth and ability to go unnoticed, these rodents are not ...

As residents all across Chicago continually complain of the city's high rat population, a new effort launched by the Chicago Bird Alliance aims to find a humane solution to the problem.