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 ...

Rat infestation in many world cities appears to be soaring, especially in Washington, and a new study blames warming ...

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

Simmering urban temperatures are bad for humans. It's another story for rats, according to new research -- especially in ...

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

Climate change is fueling a surge in rat populations across major US cities, with Washington, DC, seeing the worst increase ...

The “rat patrol” has been on the warpath. No, not the Rat Patrol from the TV show in the 1960s. This is the city's “rat ...

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 ...

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%, ...

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.