NEW YORK -- New York City Mayor Eric Adams is hosting an inaugural National Urban Rat Summit, gathering leaders from around the country to discuss strategies for winning the war on rats.

Despite Mayor Eric Adams last year employing a “rat czar” in a bid to help ease the infestation, residents of the five boroughs were frequently calling Terminix for their services. Los Angeles ...

Wildlife experts fear that a rat could disrupt the island’s delicate balance, so they are pulling out all the stops. By Amanda Holpuch The last time a rat found its way to Alaska’s St. Paul ...

Mayor Eric Adams has long been vocal about his hatred of rats — and it might have something to do with a childhood pet named “Mickey,” The Post has learned. “I hate rats,” the mayor has ...

New research suggests that pigs may function as a transmission vehicle for a strain of the hepatitis E virus (HEV) common in rats that has recently been found to infect humans. New research ...

A film maker who created a short movie about rats has said he thinks the animals get "a bit of a bad rap". Luke Cowdell, a media lecturer at Dudley College, has created the short film about the ...

NEW YORK (PIX11) — The New York City Council voted Thursday to use birth control on rats. According to the bill, a local rat contraceptive pilot program will begin in a small section of the city ...

Malaga is currently wrestling with an epidemic of rats swarming its streets and sun-drenched plazas, causing concerns for both locals and tourists alike. Sightings of the rodents have increased ...

Saddle Brook officials are optimistic about the township's rat situation moving forward thanks to a joint effort from health experts and residents to curb the problem in recent weeks. The township ...

And while the Olympic Games might come to mind, this is very different, this is the Rat'lympics. It's not a competition for rodents, but rather so-called "human rats" that make up Rat Patrol Oz ...

A “revolting” mouse-infested Chinese chow shop which served uni students and Vic Market tourists stored cooked meat with rat poo. CuPanda Kitchen boss Dianping Zheng pleaded guilty in the ...