Grist shares insights from a study published in the journal Science Advances that found hotter weather makes it easier for ...

A rat went viral after video captured the critter shimmying up and down a New York City subway pole a la “Hustlers.” ...

Deep underground, soldiers faced deadly traps, hidden enemies, and complete darkness—this was the terrifying reality of the ...

Because of humans, rats are currently living their best lives. Aside from leaving food waste and trash in dumpsters for […] ...

The navigation app relies on self-reported data — making for the only existing information trove of underground rat sightings. Rats are reported on 42% of subway trips, according to the data.

Andrew Barrett is hardly a rat sympathizer. He's spent years waging war on the rodents who flock to his community garden in Brooklyn, smashing the entrances to their underground burrows ...

"For a rat that means that they don't have to stay underground in their burrows," said Richardson. The frisky rodents would scamper around, and since rats' physiology is sensitive to temperature ...

Notes from Underground. Once explored, the tunnels are ready for demolition. But as Captain Herbert W. Thornton, 40, Alabaman team leader of the Tunnel Rats, says: “There isn’t enough dynamite ...

It’s thought that Damaraland mole-rats live permanently underground to avoid the heat of the day and predators, only rarely venturing to the surface in search of mating opportunities and when ...

“This may be related to both the habitat preferences of rats and food availability,” the study stated. As cities urbanize and increase in density, more buildings and underground utilities become ...

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