Meet Mirasol, one very, VERY large rat. “She’s about 1.7 kilograms,” says Jenny Egan, the Senior Area Manager for the Maryland Zoo at Baltimore. “She is an African giant pouched rat.” Mirasol and ...

Nosferatu has no shortage of harrowing human performances, but let’s be honest — this movie’s many, many rat actors are the ...

Rats also tend to love tunnels. Some of the rattiest stations, like 191st St. and Lexington Avenue-63rd St in Manhattan are ...

The iconic downtown Detroit diner closed after a visit from the Detroit Health Department. Now it is taking steps to prevent ...

A rat problem that has temporarily shut down Lafayette Coney Island for the second time since 2022 has fueled a feud between ...

We've seen cocaine bears. We've heard of cocaine sharks. But drug-addicted rats? That's what is apparently happening down in Houston as rodents are ...

Ever wondered what rats can teach us about human history and survival? A Drexel prof. studies how rats' adaptability mirrors human history, migration, and survival. His recent article on the ...

A beloved Upper West Side grocery store dramatically shut down Monday after inspectors allegedly found the shop crawling with vermin, its staff hawking 7-year-old expired cheese and rats nesting ...

This week’s frigid weather has many New York City residents shivering, scurrying into cozy spots and feeling sapped.

“We got 400,000 pounds of marijuana in storage,” Houston Mayor John Whitmire told NBC. “The rats are the only ones enjoying it.” The mayor and law enforcement officials have now decided to ...

Including the rats. The United States' most populous city has been spared the Upper Midwest's extreme wind chills, not to mention the shock of record-breaking snow in the deep South, in this week ...

Nosferatu has no shortage of harrowing human performances, but let’s be honest — this movie’s many, many rat actors are the ones who make our skin crawl. A physical manifestation of Count ...