Scientists have some good news for rats and some bad news for city dwellers. Rat populations are rising in cities including Washington, D.C., and San Francisco, reports a study released Friday that ...

A Petco supply store in Massachusetts became a refuge for rodents — both alive and dead — that employees constantly encountered in their workday, federal officials said. Paul Ladd AP Images for Petco ...

A female deer had a rat trap stuck to her face in Colorado, officials said. CPW SW Region Officers in Colorado stepped in to help a deer that found itself caught in a rat trap, officials said.

ORLANDO, Fla. – Rodents chewing through engines are causing costly repairs and frustration for drivers across the country. One woman’s struggle to get her new truck fixed reveals a larger problem ...

Stanislaus County health inspectors received a complaint of a dog in the kitchen of a Modesto Mexican restaurant and of two men sleeping overnight in the storeroom of a seafood restaurant in the last ...

Here’s what you’ll learn about when you read this story. Mallomys istapantap is the largest (and also least studied) species of woolly rat in New Guinea, and it has finally been documented in photos ...