Rats: Observations on the History and Habitat of the City’s Most Unwanted Inhabitants , by Robert Sullivan. Bloomsbury, 242 pages, Rats: Observations on the History and Habitat of the City’s Most ...

The continued coexistence of ecologically similar species relies on niche separation in space or time. Four similar species of introduced rodent occur in New Zealand, but the mechanism(s) allowing ...

Only becoming popular as pets over the last century, rats have actually lived with humans for thousands of years. The two rat species that have long, intimate histories with humankind are the brown ...

-Infected rats can cause symptoms in humans such as fever, fatigue, loss of appetite, jaundice, and dark urine, with pregnant women being in higher risk -4.4% of urban Norway rats in Seoul and Jeju ...

Have you met your neighbors? Their names are Rattus norvegicus and Rattus rattus, and metro Atlanta is teeming with them. The region regularly ranks among the top spots in the country for its number ...