Global warming is helping rats thrive in major cities around the world, with Washington DC seeing the fastest growth in rats ...

Climate change, especially warming winters, is linked to rising rat populations in cities, according to a new study. It found “significant” increases in rat numbers in places including Washington D.C.

Global warming is worsening droughts, making sea levels rise, and fueling deadly storms. Now scientists have a new problem to add to that list: Climate change is helping rat populations thrive in U.S.

Rat infestation in many world cities appears to be soaring, especially in Washington, and a new study blames climate change, urbanization and other human actions.

In the first study of its kind, scientists found a correlation between climate change and a rise in urban rat populations.

We are on our heels and being pushed backward,” Jonathan Richardson, the study’s lead author and an ecologist at the ...

A huge python escaped from a sack and slithered across the front of its rescuer's car. The 13ft (4m) serpent was captured ...

They found that denser urban environments and higher human populations helped boost the number of rats. Warmer temperatures ...

US President Donald Trump says that wind farms harm birds and whales. Scientists weigh wind power's impacts on wildlife against those of oil and gas.

A risk assessment by the Department of Conservation looked at 1145 species of birds, bats, lizards, and frogs, insects and ...

Meet Mirasol, one very, VERY large rat. “She’s about 1.7 kilograms,” says Jenny Egan, the Senior Area Manager for the Maryland Zoo at Baltimore.

It’s not hard to understand why capys have a cultlike following on Instagram and TikTok. I fell for the giant rodent decades ...