An onlooker was stunned when she watched a hawk snatch a rat outside a shopping mall in Buffalo, New York. This footage was captured by Stephanie Georgiou, who said that the hawk was lurking in the ...

A dead rat was left on the doorstep with a handwritten note at an alderman’s office Sunday night that contained “derogatory statements” about immigrants, according to officials. The rat and note were ...

Hours after thousands in Chicago took to the streets to join in Mexican Independence Day celebrations, a dead rat and a "threatening," derogatory note referring to undocumented immigrants as "vermin" ...

Palatine residents are grappling with a sudden rat infestation in their neighborhood, prompting village action. Village Council Member Scott Lamerand and village officials held a public meeting ...

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Residents in Plymouth, Michigan are reporting a significant rat problem on the city's northwest side. Nearby construction projects are believed to be a major cause, driving rats into neighborhoods for ...

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Here in New York City, we humans crown ourselves rulers of the five boroughs—but the kingdom is split. We cohabit with a parallel society that commutes along subway rails, picnics in parks and ...

Psychedelics, a class of psychoactive drugs that typically induce peculiar mental states and hallucinations, are still prohibited for recreational use in most countries worldwide. In recent years, ...

Faith Bottum’s op-ed “Pest Side Story: New York Rats Become a Tourist Attraction” (Sept. 4) reminded me of a university senate meeting years ago during which the chairman of the biology department ...

Holly has a degree in Medical Biochemistry from the University of Leicester. Her scientific interests include genomics, personalized medicine, and bioethics.View full profile Holly has a degree in ...

An ongoing problem with rats and rat droppings has led to the closure of a Los Angeles Subway sandwich shop and a demonstration against the owner by employees. Workers held “fast food workers on ...