Legend has it that there's a rat in New York City for every person, more than eight million in total. One of the biggest questions about rats is how their populations change over time. If new rats ...

A machine, a trap door and a pool full of liquid alcohol. That's the latest weapon in the war against rats, say officials in New York. The rats are attracted with bait by a machine and sent ...

Some exterminators have maintained for years that the biggest rats in the country, perhaps in the world, are found in New York, Jersey City, Washington, and San Francisco, but biologists believe ...

The truth is you give an inch back, they'll take a mile. There's no definitive count of the rat populace in New York, though one recent estimate placed it at about 3 million. Various mayors ...