The complicated human relationship with rats is well-documented on social media — where wild, urban rats in cities like New York occasionally go viral for their consumption habits, audacity, or ...

Of the many myths that have followed the Brown Rat around New York City down the years perhaps the most commonly cited –and loved– is the one about there being one rat per person. That would equal ...

In a recent study published in the journal mBio, researchers in the United States evaluated rat exposure to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in New York City (NYC). In ...

-Infected rats can cause symptoms in humans such as fever, fatigue, loss of appetite, jaundice, and dark urine, with pregnant women being in higher risk -4.4% of urban Norway rats in Seoul and Jeju ...