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 ...

He explains that most rat burrows have three entrances, a main entrance and two bolt-holes for quick escapes. Brown rats live in families. They have two to 14 pups at a time, keep their nests ...

New York City is in a war against rats, and its latest weapon is contraception. Mayor Eric Adams appointed a “rat czar” — ...

Frye calls this the “boomerang effect.” A female rat reproduces four to five times per year, with around eight to 12 pups per litter. Like other mammals, rats have “reproductive synchrony ...

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 ...

Nearly 70% of global communities will likely be living in urban areas by 2050, according to the United Nations. Rats will, ...

New York City’s fight against rats has entered the furry beasts’ bedrooms, with the City Council approving a measure to lace rat traps with rodent birth control. The bill, which passed ...

When Kaylee Byers joined the Vancouver Rat Project a decade ago, she spent a lot of time explaining to others the threat of zoonotic diseases — starting with what “zoonotic” even means.

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.

The authors of the first, “Rat City: Overcrowding and Urban Derangement ... Although the high-status mothers successfully raised many pups, this wasn’t enough to offset the losses in a ...

Halloween is right around the corner, but residents of a South Kanata community say they've been living in what feels like a ...