Rat and human lives have long intersected, but there's little relatively little research about them. Thanks to advances in ...

The truth is you give an inch back, they'll take a mile. There's no definitive count of the rat populace in New York, though one recent estimate placed it at about 3 million. Various mayors ...

“You’re joking! I totally fell for it.” The truth is: Katz never existed and, unfortunately, New York City’s rat plague can’t ...

BOSTON - Members of Boston's Public Works Department and the Inspectional Services team will be heading to New York for a "rat summit." The meeting will bring together other rat plagued cities ...

Prosecutors said the group, which was labeled a cult by a federal judge in 2018, beat children and imposed severe dietary ...

And while Chicago’s behind-the-scenes rat expert recently announced her retirement from City Hall with little fanfare, New York’s “Rat Czar,” Kathleen Corradi, is one of its highest-profile city ...

UAW President Shawn Fain joined MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell to discuss the Teamsters' lack of endorsement for either candidate ...

Despite their pervasiveness, the common brown rats you see scurrying around subway tracks and garbage bags aren’t native to New York. According to a plaque on this monument that popped up in The ...

I’m intimately familiar with New York City rats, and so is Suzanne Vega (stars: they’re just like us). On a separate note, Vega is also apparently a Fontaines D.C. fan.

The event on Wednesday and Thursday will feature municipal rodent control experts and pest researchers from as far afield as New Orleans and British Columbia. “We are giving rats the boot ...

New York City has been plagued by an ongoing rat problem, with some neighborhoods experiencing a surge in rodent complaints. According to recent 311 data, several Brooklyn areas are among the ...