Though they're not inherently dirty animals, rats scavenge in sewers and bins and can pass on serious diseases to humans. Leptospirosis (Weil's disease) is transmitted through their urine, and ...

SAN FRANCISCO – Rodent expert Roger Baldwin used to get fewer than one yearly inquiry about rat issues during most of his extended stint at the University of California, Davis, where he’s a professor ...

Move over flooding, parking and exorbitant rents. Hoboken has a new nemesis, and it’s proving just as difficult to solve: Rats. The prevalence of the tiny and not-so-tiny vermin have joined the ...

Milder winters and more people working from home are some of the biggest reasons the District has seen a spike in the number of complaints about rats. In fact, the number of rat sightings in D.C. has ...

Mayor Eric Adams might be assailed by FBI investigations, but he was the star of the show at New York City’s inaugural Rat Summit on Wednesday. Dozens of the United States' leading rat experts — as ...

NYC Sanitation Commissioner Jessica Tisch famously said in 2022 that "the rats don't run this city, we do" — but a newly launched map showing rodent-related violations shows it may be closer to a ...

Most people don't have very favorable opinions on rats, who are maligned in urban landscapes for rifling through trash, carrying diseases and generally being creepy scavengers. Their long tails are ...

Q. The rats have been getting into my car engine and chewing the wires. How can I keep them out? Welcome to the club! All our cars have been invaded by rats, and my daughter just spent a couple ...