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 ...

"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 ...