With roughly three million rats living in New York City, scientists set out to understand the daily lives—and speech patterns ...
The externalities of supplying rats with an all-you-can-eat buffet are hard to price, but one study that attempted to do so ...
A new study found Big Apple rats are social beasts, running in packs of up to 20 as they venture into the night and gossip ...
A new preprint field study reveals that New York City’s rats aren’t just survivors—they’re talkative city dwellers with their ...
Though they're not inherently dirty animals, rats scavenge in sewers and bins and can pass on serious diseases to humans. Leptospirosis (Weil's disease) is transmitted through their urine, and ...
City data actually suggest that rat sightings are declining. But horror stories are everywhere, and a single rat in a stroller is enough to set off a panic. By Christopher Maag Rachel Chase, a ...
New York City’s first “rat czar” has stepped down from her post, more than two years after Mayor Eric Adams recruited her to tackle the five boroughs' rodent problems. Her appointment was the first of ...
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