Climate change is contributing to a global rise in urban rat infestations, according to a new Science Advances study. As ...

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

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

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 ...

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

Winters are getting warmer and shorter as the climate changes. That's helping rat populations grow in several U.S. cities.

Urban rat populations have surged dramatically in recent years, with some cities experiencing increases of nearly 400%, ...

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 ...

Up to 1,200 new bin hubs are to be rolled out across Glasgow after a contract worth almost £2.5m was approved by the council.

A local authority is facing mounting pressure to backtrack on the charges for rat control treatments as the bin strikes could ...

A pile of fly-tipped waste near Newport city centre is “getting bigger by the day” and causing alarm among nearby residents.

Lee Brookes, of Tonacliffe Way, Whitworth, Lancashire, received a sentence of four months in prison, suspended for a year. He ...