Roof rats can be a nuisance. They can contaminate food, gnaw on structures and spread diseases, although they generally avoid confrontation with humans. Understanding their habits is key to ...

ACCIDENTAL HOST—The Story of Rat Lungworm Disease reveals the frightening spread of a foodborne parasite that invades human brains and now thrives in tropical areas of five continents ...

“I like to sit at East Coast Park to clear my mind, but with all the rats, I can’t even enjoy the park in peace. “I’m terrified because they carry diseases. And if they were to attack ...

"The issue is simply more rats," Prof Malcolm Bennett, a zoonotic and emerging disease expert from the University of Nottingham, told Sun Health. "And how far they might travel from the rubbish ...

A decade ago, nobody reported seeing rats in their homes around the South Shore of Lake Tahoe, but that has now changed.