NEW YORK-- If you're tired of seeing rats around the city, you can now help minimize the pesky population. On Sunday, Mayor Eric Adams' office announced its latest rat-mitigation program that lets New ...

Don’t be fooled by the white-throated wood rat with its big, brown eyes, petite round ears and fluffy snout. This seemingly innocent ball of fuzz is a Southwestern menace. And it can cost you. The ...

A real pack rat doesn’t store junk in its bedroom. Or its bathroom. Its midden home may look like a heap of sticks, but inside, what a floor plan. What storage. The more eclectic hoarder species ...

For a person, life as a pack rat is one of obsessively collecting, say, newspapers, computer parts, food containers, or maybe all of these. But a literal pack rat gathers plant fragments, bone bits, ...