In New York, they forced the city to hire a "rat czar." In Chicago, they have prompted the deployment of feral cats. In New Orleans, they are literally eating police evidence. Now researchers are ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. At archaeological sites around the world, a certain subset of ...

The Vangunu giant rat is a species that exists only on one of the Solomon Islands. Local residents had deep knowledge of the rat, which researchers had never seen alive. With the help of the ...

Brown rats are the undisputed winners of the real rat race. New research suggests that they crawled off ships arriving in North America earlier than previously thought and out-competed rodent rivals – ...

Vermin aren’t the first thing you think of when considering where to relocate, but perhaps they should be. Rats populate major cities alongside people, with some of America’s top destinations hosting ...

Now researchers are shedding light on why brown rats are the undisputed winners of the real rat race. The new study suggests that they crawled off ships arriving in North America earlier than ...