After an 8-year-old boy was bitten by a rat last week at the Mary Ellen McCormack housing project, the Boston Housing Authority has declared war on the vermin, but some residents yesterday complained ...

DURING half-term the kids will be going crazy with the promise of sweet treats and dressing up on Halloween night. One of the ...

Nearly every airline requires animals to be confined inside a carrier when they fly. However, passengers on a Spirit Airlines flight last week were startled to see a rodent scurrying above them inside ...

Efforts to control urban rat populations rarely — if ever — result in the complete eradication of the pests. Most of the time, the goal is to simply reduce rodent numbers enough to minimize the spread ...

(CNN) — Rats don’t always have the best reputations, but one named Ronin with a super sense of smell is working to change that. (CNN) — Rats don’t always have the best reputations, but one named Ronin ...

As thousands starve, officials seize food aid, relief groups say. October 16, 2008— -- A rat infestation so severe that an estimated 100,000 people are on the brink of starvation is devastating ...

A new breed of rodent has evolved in the UK that is immune to pesticides and is running roughshod through towns, Britain's Daily Telegraph reported. The "super rat," as it is being called, contains a ...

Rats don’t always have the best reputations, but one named Ronin with a super sense of smell is working to change that. Ronin and his landmine-sniffing rat pack are making a name for rodents ...