EAGLE, Idaho — Eagle residents continue to struggle with rats – a problem many say didn't start happening until roughly two years ago. Based on rat reproduction rates, wildlife expert and Eagle ...

New York City is known for its rat problem. Despite gains in extermination technology, climate change might make the future a more ratty place. Warmer temperatures mean more rat sexy time and could ...

Naked mole rats may avoid violent power struggles, as new findings show a calm and cooperative path to replacing their queen.

The city of Somerville announced on Feb. 19 that it is participating in a Rodent Fertility Control Study using Evolve, which is a hormonal fertility control product designed to curb rat reproduction ...

Rats may soon start disappearing from the city's notoriously rodent-filled neighborhoods. At least that's what Mayor Bill de Blasio is promising with his $32 million plan to reduce the rat population ...

New York City is known for its towering skyscrapers and bustling streets, but lurking beneath the glitz and glamour of the city that never sleeps are 3 million resilient rats that have cemented their ...

Naked mole-rats live in colonies of two breeders and around 300 non-breeding workers. Although the breeding pair carries the metabolic cost of reproduction and, in the queen's case, lactation, they ...

For centuries, rats have thrived in cities because of human behavior. In response, humans have blamed the rats and developed techniques for poisoning them. We research urban rat populations and ...

This surprising result reveals that naked mole rats and other species are capable of doing what it takes to survive.