Residents of the growing town of Eagle, Idaho, are encountering a nuisance usually associated with big cities: swarms of rats. In Eagle that includes the acrobatic roof rat.

Rat complaints in Washington, D.C. have surged nearly 13-fold over the past decade. New York’s "rat-resistant bin" strategy appears to be working while D.C. struggles to keep up. Experts say the ...

Are you squeakin’ at me? Big Apple rats are just as social as some New Yorkers — and even sound like them, speaking to each other with a distinctive accent, a new study found. “Being social helps them ...

City data actually suggest that rat sightings are declining. But horror stories are everywhere, and a single rat in a stroller is enough to set off a panic. By Christopher Maag Rachel Chase, a ...

New York Mayor Eric Adams has waged a years-long campaign against the city’s rats, dubbing them “public enemy number one” and even appointing a “rat czar” to tackle the problem in 2023. But with the ...