A pest control expert has shared the common features in gardens that could be attracting rats - and explains what you can do to stop the rodents in their tracks.

Seattle City Councilmember Joy Hollingsworth wants to balance crackdowns on illegal graffiti with beautifying public spaces, after a popular “Hot Rat Summer” mural was painted over.

Rats are incredibly intelligent animals, so it’s no wonder they’ve become popular pets. But unlike the rodent that likes to ...

Urbanization has had visible morphological effects on chipmunks and voles in the Chicago metro area. While both chipmunks and ...

Brown went to friends that he made from starting up Surf Rat Donuts, and eventually he gave a local couple the opportunity to start another business.

Composed of many layers, the detailed tower of the dread “La Tour des Rats” — a Rhineland bastion where by legend a ruler burnt to death the poor, who returned as rats and devoured him ...

Green materials are things like fruit and vegetable scraps, while brown materials include items such as dry leaves and straw. This mix is essential to keep the compost hot and unappealing to rats.

Norway rat populations can spread fast, with females being able to have seven litters a year with an average of eight baby rats per litter, according to the Smithsonian Institute.

There is a new pest in the Treasure Valley: rats. You wouldn’t think the little varmints would want to come to a place named Eagle, a city named for a bird that eats them for lunch. But alas ...

Rats are a diverse group of medium-sized rodents with long tails. There are rat species all over the Rodentia order, but the ones most people picture live in the genus Rattus. Neotoma, Bandicota, and ...

Brown rats are the undisputed winners of the real rat race. New research suggests that they crawled off ships arriving in North America earlier than previously thought and out-competed rodent ...