New York City Council Member Shaun Abreu launched Bill 736, or "Flaco's law." The bill passed on Sept. 26, 2024, and will implement rat contraceptives in areas where trash is containerized. He told ...

New York City is known for its towering skyscrapers and bustling streets, but lurking beneath the glitz and glamour of the ...

Frank Sinatra’s rendition of “Theme From New York, New York” still raises spirits through challenging times and marks joyous ...

As CBS News New York's Vanessa Murdock reports, the Big Apple isn't the only city struggling with this problem.

Using data from public rat sightings and inspections between 2007 and 2024, researchers examined 16 cities around the world ...

The city of Amsterdam is one of 11 where climate change is considered to be having an impact on the rising rat population.

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

Burgeoning rat populations are a big problem for cities. Rats damage infrastructure ... It had a 1.5 times greater growth in ...

A new study finds that rat infestation in many of the world’s cities appears to be soaring, especially in Washington ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is ... the heat’ from this cold snap.” New York City's wild rat species — Rattus norvegicus, also called the Norway ...

Jonathan Ritzman compared the scent of the corpse flower to that of a dead rat.Credit...Adrienne Grunwald for The New York Times Supported by By Anna Kodé Anna Kodé was the first visitor to the ...