A tour guide goes one step beyond, a macaw on the Q and more reader tales of New York City in this week’s Metropolitan Diary.

Hundreds of domesticated rats rescued from a condemned home in Rocky Point, Long Island, are now in need of foster homes.

Footage shared by Orphaned Wildlife Center, a sanctuary which provides safety to orphaned animals before they are returned to ...

At 5 p.m. on West 128th Street in Harlem, the rats are already out, and some days it feels like a test of faith. “I would describe it as biblical. It’s epic. It’s unbelievable,” resident Elizabeth ...