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An extra month may not sound like much, but female rats can have a litter every month. Each litter is eight to 16 baby rats, Richardson said: “That is a recipe for accelerated population growth.” ...

CAMBRIDGESHIRE, ENGLAND Amanda Arnold, of Wisbech, owns more than 20 pet rats. She’s been keeping and breeding rats since she was seven. Off the northeast coast of the North Island, the tribe ...

FILE - A rat leaves its burrow at a park in New York City on Sept. 17, 2015. ( AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File) ...

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There’s a saying that in a big city you are never more than six feet away from a rat. It’s an urban myth, but scientists are warning cities across the globe are becoming far rattier ...

In the first study of its kind, scientists found a correlation between climate change and a rise in urban rat populations. A rat scurries across West Broadway in New York City. A study looking at ...