The US state's tradition of using a large rodent to predict the seasons dates back to the Pennsylvania Dutch belief that if a groundhog left its burrow and saw its shadow, it would scurry back inside ...

Meet Mirasol, one very, VERY large rat. “She’s about 1.7 kilograms,” says Jenny Egan, the Senior Area Manager for the ...

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

With winter in full swing, rodent infestations have become an unwelcome reality for millions of Americans. As temperatures ...

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

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

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

Rising seas, intensifying droughts, worsening floods — these are well-known effects of climate change, the consequences of pumping too much heat-trapping pollution into the air. Now, we may be able to ...

A reported rat infestation intensifies the rivalry between two competing coney island restaurants in downtown Detroit.

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 ...

Faced with a rash of shark deaths marked by brain swelling, Canadian and American scientists are trying to solve a marine mystery.