NEW YORK (CNN) -- New York City's rats have become restless, appearing more often from their hidden underground nests and attracting emergency measures from municipal leaders. Experts blame the ...

Unlike New York, New Orleans faces a pernicious rat situation because the city is going after not just brown rats, but also black rats. Each place requires a tailored plan to manage its unique set ...

Kathleen Corradi’s anti-rat bona fides date to grade school, when she organized a petition drive to have her Long Island town do something about an infestation behind her house. Now, she has ...

When picturing a tour of New York, major attractions such as Times Square, the Empire State Building, or the Statue of ...

Best for Bird-Watching and Good for Rats, Too: No Place Like New York The city is one of the rattiest, least affordable and most bike-friendly municipalities anywhere.

This week's frigid weather has many New York City residents shivering, scurrying into cozy spots and feeling sapped.

New York City has been plagued by an ongoing rat problem, with some neighborhoods experiencing a surge in rodent complaints. According to recent 311 data, several Brooklyn areas are among the ...

Use our interactive map to see how often people have spotted rats at your New York City subway station!

NEW YORK CITY (PIX11) – The war on rats could soon shift from trash to a new target: procreation. New York City Council on Thursday will vote on a bill that would introduce rat contraceptives to ...

NBC's "Saturday Night Live" poked fun at Mayor Eric Adams' appointment of Kathleen Corradi as "rat czar" -- and the city's conservative borough of Staten Island -- during its Weekend Update segment.

New York City’s wild rat species — Rattus norvegicus, also called the Norway rat or brown rat — doesn’t hibernate in winter but does become less active when the weather is freezing for ...