ABC New York reports that Rocky Point home has been condemned, and its 48-year-old owner arrested after animal rescue ...

Just like their human neighbors, the rats of New York City have their own distinctive vocalizations, or “accent”, something akin to an urban dialect shaped by the chaos of noisy subways, busy ...

New York City is home to some three million rats, and learning how these rodent residents navigate and communicate is vital to understanding their impact on humans. A new preprint shows attempts to ...

Are you squeakin’ at me? Big Apple rats are just as social as some New Yorkers — and even sound like them, speaking to each other with a distinctive accent, a new study found. “Being social helps them ...

Some New York City residents are urging Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani to appoint a new "rat czar" when he takes office. Mayor Eric Adams' appointee stepped down in September and was not replaced. The ...

For decades, New York sidewalks were awash in piled-up black plastic rubbish bags, some of which doubled as housing projects for the city’s other inhabitants. “I’ve kicked bags of garbage in New York ...