Brown rats are generally larger and more aggressive than black rats. In many parts of the world, they displace black rats. At archaeological sites around the world, a certain subset of remains is ...

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 ...

Rats are nature’s mobsters and serial killers with phenomenal disease-carrying pandemic abilities; they are feared and for good reasons. Rats, like people, have conquered all habitable continents.

Have you noticed rats in your home or garden? You might be wondering where rats live and what their habitats look like. Rats make nests and keep their offspring there when they are first born but ...

Pest extermination company Orkin recently released its annual Top 50 Rattiest Cities and this year a South Carolina metro area made the list. Not only that, but the region ranked higher on the list ...