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.

This recent discovery adds rats to more than 50 North American mammal species infected ... It monitors commercial poultry flocks, backyard birds, wild birds, and now dairy cattle, working with ...

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 ...

In 1900, the first case of bubonic plague to ever be confirmed in North America was diagnosed in San ... transmitted but had long theorized that rats played a role.

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 ...