The war on rats in Washington D.C. is not going well. But if the city takes a page out of New York's waste management ...

The externalities of supplying rats with an all-you-can-eat buffet are hard to price, but one study that attempted to do so ...

People have "always thought of New York as dirty," so it "comes as no surprise that some in the city have responded by developing a rat-tourism industry," says Faith Bottum. To "manage the rat ...

A new field study into New York City’s rats found them to be talkative city dwellers with an extensive language for ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: New York City is home to some three million rats, and learning how these rodent residents navigate and communicate is vital to understanding their ...

The city’s “rat czar” says trash containerization is having an impact on the rodent population. By James Barron Good morning. It’s Thursday. Today we’ll look at the success of the city’s efforts to ...

New York City is preparing to roll out an unconventional strategy for tackling its rodent problem: rat birth control. The city says its pilot program goes into effect April 26, distributing pellets to ...

New York is waging a war on multiple fronts to combat the near ubiquitous rats that plague city streets and the subways, leaving some residents afraid to let their children walk on sidewalks. Faced ...

Are you squeakin’ at me? Big Apple rats are just as social as some New Yorkers — and even sound like them, speaking to each other with a distinctive accent, a new study found. “Being social helps them ...