The war on rats in Washington D.C. is not going well. But if the city takes a page out of New York's waste management ...

With roughly three million rats living in New York City, scientists set out to understand the daily lives—and speech patterns—of these rodent city-dwellers.

The externalities of supplying rats with an all-you-can-eat buffet are hard to price, but one study that attempted to do so ...

NEW YORK CITY (WABC) -- In an attempt to curb the growing rat problem the New York City, the sanitation department is cracking down on the one thing rats love most: garbage. Under the new policy, ...

A Brooklyn mom’s viral video shocked New Yorkers after she discovered a hole in her kids’ room led straight to a subway—and a ...

You could call it rata-tour-y. New York City has always been at war with rats, from when they jumped from ship to shore in the 18th century to the city’s anti-rat campaign today. Over many decades, ...

A cheeky subway rat amused onlookers in New York as it scampered across the platform with a chunk of food in its mouth. This footage was provided by Saman Shafiq, who said that she was waiting for a ...

NEW YORK (WABC) -- New York City's war on rats is about to heat up. Mayor Bill de Blasio is expanding a rat removal program in his new budget. The mayor is planning to devote close to $3 million to ...

Study finds 18 unknown viruses in New York rats. — -- Rats are a part of daily life in New York as they scurry about subway tracks and garbage heaps. However, even though the creatures been ...

Scurrying around the blood-soaked dioramas and giant skeletons popping up on suburban lawns this October, you may find a red-eyed and sharp-fanged rubber rat or two. Because of their perceived ...