You could call it rata-tour-y. New York City has always been at war with rats, from when they jumped from ship to shore in the 18th century to the city’s anti-rat campaign today. Over many decades, ...

A vermin invasion has turned a ritzy Upper West Side block into “The Valley of the Rats.” Residents are afraid to venture out at night because of the horror-movie-sized rodents along the elite stretch ...

The nasty street fight against rats, which has become a symbol of city living, is now finally in New Yorkers’ favor. PIX11’s ...

Study finds 18 unknown viruses in New York rats. — -- Rats are a part of daily life in New York as they scurry about subway tracks and garbage heaps. However, even though the creatures been ...

NEW YORK (WABC) -- New York City's war on rats is about to heat up. Mayor Bill de Blasio is expanding a rat removal program in his new budget. The mayor is planning to devote close to $3 million to ...

NEW YORK -- Move over pizza rat. Video of a new, hungry New York City rodent is going viral. A rat was spotted grabbing a donut from the subway tracks at a Lower Manhattan station and sharing it with ...

New York City’s so-called rat czar has scurried away after a quiet-as-a-mouse tenure that was largely overtaken by trash. Kathleen Corradi, the citywide director of rodent mitigation, departed from ...

In the city where pizza rats are as famous as pigeons, New York is trying a new tactic in its long war against rodents: birth control. Starting April 26, the city began distributing contraceptive ...

BRONX, New York (WABC) -- A man recently died from an infection linked to rat urine in the Bronx, and that news sparked panic at another building. Residents say they have been dealing with an ...

Residents of the growing town of Eagle, Idaho, are encountering a nuisance usually associated with big cities: swarms of rats. In Eagle that includes the acrobatic roof rat.