The Nature Index 2024 Research Leaders — previously known as Annual Tables — reveal the leading institutions and countries/territories in the natural and health sciences, according to their output in ...

Low-stress handling methods have been studied in detail in mice, but relatively little research exists concerning preferred handling methods in rats. Most recommendations for low-stress handling of ...

(This story was updated because an earlier version included an inaccuracy.) NEW YORK − Tourists snapped selfies and office workers guzzled coffees inside Manhattan's Bryant Park. But all around their ...

NEW YORK - Almost every New Yorker saw Ruth McDaniels' viral comments saying she saw "rats the size of Crocs" running up and down the street of her Harlem neighborhood. McDaniels made the remark in ...

New York is facing its rat problem head-on. 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 ...

The warmer it gets, the faster rats multiply in cities that already struggle to contain them, according to a new study. Cold weather is one of the few things that can slow rats down, and with climate ...

There’s a saying that in a big city you are never more than six feet away from a rat. It’s an urban myth, but scientists are warning cities across the globe are becoming far rattier, and the boom is ...

Kaylee Byers is co-lead of the Vancouver Rat Project and collaborates with the Chicago Rat Project. Chelsea Himsworth is co-lead of the Vancouver Rat Project. University of British Columbia provides ...

Has any man in history talked about “how much he hates rats” more than New York City Mayor Eric Adams? Adams himself posed that question at the city’s inaugural National Urban Rat Summit last month.

Last fall, New York City’s Sanitation Commissioner Jessica Tisch stood in front of a microphone and announced her plan to deal with NYC’s most hated residents: rats. She went on to make a now-viral ...