New York City's wild rat species — Rattus norvegicus, also called the Norway rat or brown rat — doesn't hibernate in winter but does become less active when the weather is freezing for ...

New York City’s wild rat species — Rattus norvegicus, also called the Norway rat or brown rat — doesn’t hibernate in winter but does become less active when the weather is freezing for ...

New York City’s $40 million rat eradication program, launched in 2017, was created to address public health and quality of life issues in the city’s three rattiest areas.In addition to dry ice ...

Estimates of New York City's rat populate range from 250,000 to millions. Recent research tells us a lot about New York City's rat populations and the disease they may pick up.

New York City's mayor named its first "rat czar" to tackle the city's rat problem. What is scientifically most effective for tackling an overabundance of rats — and does New York City's plan align?

Neither rat species is native to North America, said Buckley, of the University of Manchester in the United Kingdom. Scientists used to think that brown rats arrived around 1776. The new study ...

Three years ago, my colleagues and I hatched a plan called the Templeton Project, named in honor of the unscrupulous rat in “Charlotte’s Web.” Our hope was to catch rats in various iconic ...