HOUSTON – Dozens of rats have made Houston’s City Hall their nocturnal playground, scurrying across sidewalks and diving into burrows on the building’s front lawn just days before the city’s annual ...

While most New Yorkers do all they can to avoid encounters with rats, Kenny Bollwerk spends his free time chasing after them. He documents his efforts in a series he calls “Rat Tok” on TikTok, where ...

On a hot and humid night in late July on New York City’s lower East side, I find Richard Reynolds and a small group of dog enthusiasts standing beneath the pale-yellow glow of the street lights. The ...

Now that the sun is shining, many of us can't wait to revel in the great outdoors — but it's worth noting that unwelcome guests like rats might also be making an appearance in our gardens. Resorting ...

A vermin invasion has turned a ritzy Upper West Side block into “The Valley of the Rats.” Residents are afraid to venture out at night because of the horror-movie-sized rodents along the elite stretch ...

They would be the Big Apple’s cat crusaders. Mayoral hopeful Curtis Sliwa is pitching a plan to solve New York City’s rat problem — unleashing a strike team of feral cats to hunt down the rodents at ...

Here in New York City, we humans crown ourselves rulers of the five boroughs—but the kingdom is split. We cohabit with a parallel society that commutes along subway rails, picnics in parks and ...