First a river ran blood red. Now Argentina's beloved giant rodent, the capybara, has been coated in Hulk-green slime as ...

There’s a saying that in a big city you are never more than six feet away from a rat. It’s an urban myth, but scientists are warning cities across the globe are becoming far rattier ...

WASHINGTON — (AP) — Rat infestation in many world cities appears to be soaring, especially in Washington, and a new study blames warming temperatures, urbanization and other human actions.

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. A rat leaves its burrow at a park in New York City on Sept. 17, 2015. ( AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File) A rat ...

FILE - A rat leaves its burrow at a park in New York City on Sept. 17, 2015. ( AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File) ...

SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4) — Officers with the Salt Lake City Police Department arrested 23 people, seized 1,700 fentanyl pills, and “mitigated” 12 camps in a two-day operation along the Jordan River Trail ...

On Friday, Jan. 31, at around 7:55 a.m. local time, the body of a person was spotted in the River Dee, not far from where siblings Eliza and Henrietta Huszti, 32 were last seen on CCTV in the ...

The study published by Science Advances on Friday, Jan. 31 analyzed public records from 16 cities worldwide to determine why some urban environments are more infested with rats than others. The ...

The study published by Science Advances on Friday, Jan. 31 analyzed public records from 16 cities worldwide to determine why some urban environments are more infested with rats than others. The ...

In the first study of its kind, scientists found a correlation between climate change and a rise in urban rat populations. A rat scurries across West Broadway in New York City. A study looking at ...