In the 1973 novel The Princess Bride, Buttercup and Westley are taken by surprise when they are suddenly attacked by “rodents of unusual size,” or ROUS. The book describes the beasts as a ...

A warming climate is helping fuel the boom, and Toronto fares poorly in a study of 16 cities' rat populations.

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Coyote sighting seem to be more frequent this time of year, including in Somerville and Cambridge, and though they are most ...

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Global warming is worsening droughts, making sea levels rise, and fueling deadly storms. Now scientists have a new problem to ...

Gary Shteyngart on the rodent winning hearts. Plus: putting a skeptic in charge of science; Michael Crichton’s lessons in ...

Toronto, meanwhile, does not have a dedicated department or officer devoted to tackling the city’s booming rat problem, which a new study found was the third-fastest growing of 16 major cities. The ...