The Vangunu giant rat is a species that exists only on one of the Solomon Islands. Local residents had deep knowledge of the rat, which researchers had never seen alive. With the help of the ...

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Rat vigilantes on the Upper West Side are placing exposed rat poison in the tree beds, endangering children and pets. Two Upper West Side dogs, Waffles, a one-year-old rescue coon hound mix, and Beti, ...

The latest front in New York City’s war on rats? Some 600,000 tree beds on the street. City officials on Sunday announced they are investing $877,000 to establish new teams focused on clearing out rat ...

A woman from Chicago's Lincoln Square neighborhood said a giant tree's sweet berries are causing a sour situation, feeding into the neighborhood's rat problem, and no one will listen to her concerns. ...

On the nights before the Christmas tree lighting, all through Hermann Square Park, rats were scurrying, scrounging for garbage in the dark. As Houston city officials prepared for the annual holiday ...