Brown rats are generally larger and more aggressive than black rats. In many parts of the world, they displace black rats. At archaeological sites around the world, a certain subset of remains is ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 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 ...

Recently ranked the rattiest of the country’s major cities, Washington has an ongoing rat problem—one long met with furrowed ...

Mayor Eric Adams blamed rats — along with the cost of living and COVID-19 — as big reasons why New Yorkers are fleeing the state in droves according to a recent report, he said Thursday. Hizzoner ...

(CNN) — 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, and the ...