Urban ecologists looked at 16 cities from Tokyo to New Orleans and found New York City had the fourth-highest rat population ...

The study did not count rats directly; instead, it analyzed rat sighting complaints submitted by city residents.

Climate change is contributing to a global rise in urban rat infestations, according to a new Science Advances study. As temperatures increase, rats are better able to thrive -- even in inclement ...

A new study finds that rat infestation in many of the world's cities appears to be soaring, especially in Washington.

As “The Masked Singer” returns next month for Season 13, the show has revealed some of its weekly theme nights — paying ...

Get ready for the Region Rat Pack at 219 Day this year. The wacky celebration of all things Region, named after Northwest ...

LAS VEGAS, Nev. (FOX5) - Las Vegas has a new road, Joey Bishop Drive. It’s named after a member of the “Rat Pack” similarly to other roads along the Las Vegas Strip such as Dean Martin.

The Assam government has detected 220 rat-hole coal mines in the Dima Hasao district’s Umrangso area, including the ill-fated one where nine miners were trapped on January 6. The State ...

The district attorney’s office in Harris County, Texas, has alerted attorneys involved in thousands of drug-related cases that rats were found eating the narcotics seized and stored by Houston police ...

Dan is a senior editor at Raw Story based in Colorado, producing and editing breaking political news. Dan previously worked as a news associate at The Associated Press in Philadelphia, and later ...

The Harris County District Attorney’s Office is notifying defense attorneys in more than 3,600 open drug-related cases of the rat infestation out of an abundance of caution, KHOU-TV reported.

"We've got 400,000 lbs. of marijuana in storage, that the rats are the only ones enjoying it," said Houston Mayor John Whitmire A backlogged police evidence room in Houston, Texas, is a bountiful ...