One in every 20 people in the United States develops auto-immune diseases, such as Type 1 diabetes or multiple sclerosis. One in every 10 people develop nasal and sinus allergies. Why are these ...

Have you heard the one about the rat who got lost? Probably not, because rats don’t need to ask directions. Jokes aside, it is well-established in scientific research circles that rats have an amazing ...

The complicated human relationship with rats is well-documented on social media — where wild, urban rats in cities like New York occasionally go viral for their consumption habits, audacity, or ...

In a recent study published in the journal mBio, researchers in the United States evaluated rat exposure to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in New York City (NYC). In ...

Washington, DC --A new study has demonstrated that rats are susceptible to infection with Alpha, Delta and Omicron variants of SARS-CoV-2 and wild rats in the New York City municipal sewer systems and ...

It's been a ratty couple of weeks in New Orleans (well, rattier than usual). Sparked by a viral clip of chubby brown rats taking the air at a Decatur Street restaurant, suddenly rats were everywhere — ...