rats

I love all of my 175 rescue animals — even the two hairless rats

Meet the real-life Doctor Doolittle. Mom-of-two Adri Rachelle, 36, has taken in over 175 rescue animals on her sprawling 200-acre farm in Atlanta, Georgia. Her massive menagerie includes barnyard favorites,...

Brooklyn dog honored for being a fierce rat hunter: 'Like the Terminator'

Luna the Schnauzer is taking NYC's rat problem into her own paws.

New pizza box bin debuts at Central Park latest attempt in fight against rats

Rats be warned -- it's gonna be harder to nibble on that leftover pizza crust.

Kyle Richards panics while trapped in her car with a rat looking in the window in wild video

The "RHOBH" star "couldn't feel [her] legs" because she was "too afraid to put [them] down where the gas pedal is in case there was a point of entry down...

Chicago’s ‘rat hole’ removed after city determines sidewalk with animal impression was damaged

A Chicago sidewalk landmark some residents affectionately called the “rat hole" was removed Wednesday after city officials determined the section bearing the imprint of an animal was damaged and needed...

Mystery surrounding rat foot found in baby's food revealed

The mystery around how a rat’s foot ended up in a toddler’s mouth has been solved.

WABC AM radio prez talks industry's big boom, says digital 'wearing off'

It’s now a big success. Why suddenly is radio blooming?

Cases of disease caused by rat urine are rising — how to stay safe

Better watch out for this rat pack.

Infectious disease spread by rat urine seeps into NYC after record high 2023: officials

Leptospirosis can cause fever, chills, headache, muscle aches, vomiting, diarrhea, kidney or liver failure and meningitis.

NYC to look at birth control for rats to combat rodent population

"We believe that we need to take a shock-and-awe approach to the rat problem by throwing everything we have at it," Democratic Councilmember Shaun Abreu said Thursday.

Woman makes gross discovery in her underwear drawer after her dogs went 'berserk'

An Australian woman was rifling through her underwear drawer when she came across an unsettling and “confronting” sight.

Man, 76, bitten by toilet rat is hospitalized with organ failure due to bacterial infection

This real-life mutant sewer rat turned out to be far less friendly than the cartoon version known to lurk through the Big Apple sewers with his four turtle sons.

New York, New York, it's a hellish town: Letters to the Editor — March 21, 2024

The Issue: A new survey finding that most New Yorkers are unsatisfied with the city’s quality of life.

Billy 'The Exterminator' reveals how to get rid of stoner rats plaguing New Orleans

Billy "The Exterminator" Bretherton is stepping up to give New Orleans officials advice after rats broke into the police department’s evidence room and appeared to get high on marijuana.

Stoner rats found eating up marijuana in New Orleans police evidence room: 'They're all high!'

Officers are forced to work around the rat and cockroach droppings scattered on their desks in the infested police headquarters, the superintendent said.

Rat caught crawling overhead at world's worst airport

It's a bird! It's a plane! It's a ... rat? A distant cousin to NYC's Pizza Rat was spotted scurrying across a ceiling light fixture at Ninoy Aquino International Airport...

Family Dollar pleads guilty to holding consumer products in 'rodent-infested warehouse'

The Department of Justice announced on Monday that Family Dollar Stores LLC has pleaded guilty to holding consumer products in a "rodent-infested warehouse."

Shoppers horrified after finding dead mouse at the bottom of microwave rice packet: 'I was in shock'

A shopper has been left horrified after her daughter discovered a dead mouse at the bottom of a bag of Woolworths rice.

NYC rat on never-ending climb up descending subway escalator sparks 'Rocky' jokes

A New York City rat is being compared to "Sisyphus" after it was spotted making a never-ending climb up a descending escalator.

Fans go wild for rat-shaped hole in Chicago sidewalk: 'More iconic than The Bean'

A Chicago artist posted a photo of what looks like the imprint of a rat's corpse at a murder scene on a sidewalk, writing, "Had to make a pilgrimage to...