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

Global warming is worsening droughts, making sea levels rise, and fueling deadly storms. Now scientists have a new problem to ...

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

A new study of cities across the globe has found a link between climate change and larger increases in the urban rat ...

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 ...

A warming climate is helping fuel the boom, and Toronto fares poorly in a study of 16 cities' rat populations.

Well, rats. A study of 16 cities shows that higher ambient temperatures and loss of green space are associated with increasing rodent complaints.

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

The Year of the Snake began on Jan. 29, marking the start of the Lunar New Year and the end of the Year of the Dragon ...

A new study is the first to link rising temperatures with booming rat populations in cities around the world. Rising seas, intensifying droughts, worsening floods — these are well-known effects of ...

A new study finds that rat infestation in many of the world's cities appears to be soaring, especially in Washington.

After actor Jon Hamm finished filming "No Sudden Move" in Detroit during the pandemic, he went on "The Tonight Show" to promote the crime drama. As he spoke with host Jimmy Fallon, the conversation ...