Have you noticed you’ve got rats living in your house or garden? While you might want to get rid of them, you can do it without causing them harm. Rats and mice can be inconvenient visitors but ...

These elements complement and conflict with each other. The year 2025 belongs to the snake, but if you were born in the Year of the Rat, here’s everything you need to know and more: 1.

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Rat populations are growing in cities around the world because of climate change. A new study explains why this is happening now and what we can do about it.

HELSINKI — China will launch a pair of low-cost space station resupply spacecraft this year on new commercial launch vehicles, highlighting advances for the country’s space ecosystem.

Sightings of rats have become more common in many cities around the world. A new study, which inspected rat-related complaints, found that increasing temperatures due to climate change are ...

Scientists have some good news for rats and some bad news for city dwellers. Rat populations are rising in cities including Washington, D.C., and San Francisco, reports a study released Friday ...

Rats are usually unwelcome visitors in our gardens – they are generally considered vermin and can spread potentially serious diseases, including Leptospirosis, which can lead to Weil’s disease. They ...

Two NYPD detectives allege in a bombshell lawsuit filed Saturday that they have become modern-day Serpicos, investigating police corruption at the highest levels only to be retaliated against by ...

published in the journal Science Advances on Friday, that lays bare the scale of Toronto’s problem. Of the 16 cities analyzed, Toronto had the third-fastest growing rat population.

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 warning cities across the globe are becoming far rattier ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. A rat leaves its burrow at a park in New York City on Sept. 17, 2015. ( AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File) A rat ...