New York City is notorious for its large population of rats, but depending on who you ask, there's one American city that has more.

The US does not include within its animal welfare laws and regulations the rats, mice and birds who are subjected to research and testing. The federal Animal Welfare Act (AWA) was amended in 1970 to ...

I spoke with Zookeeper Deryn Martinez who shared some other fun facts about naked mole rats for Wild Wednesday. Q: Where do naked mole rats live? A: They live underground in the tunnel systems ...

The Wicker Park Bucktown Chamber of Commerce is sponsoring a more humane pilot program to try to control the neighborhoods' rat population. Starting Tuesday, rat birth control will be installed in ...