“The rat had quite a lot of winter fat and got stuck on its hips — nothing was going forward and nothing back,” Michael Sehr, one of the rescuers, told the German news agency DPA on Monday ...

A fat rat nearly lost its life after getting stuck in a sewer grate in Bensheim, Germany. On Sunday, animal rescue operation Berufstierrettung Rhein Neckar responded to the scene to find a rat ...

Every rat has its day. A group of New Yorkers prove that even vermin get their day in the sun after cheering on a large rodent that was scurrying about in broad daylight near Washington Square Park.

A rotund rodent got stuck in a Brooklyn sidewalk while scurrying out from the underground — causing a pedestrian to accidentally step on its head and shriek in horror, a witness said Wednesday.

A rat has returned to its rightful place in a sewer in Bensheim, Germany, after being rescued from a manhole cover. And the overweight rodent has captured the collective hearts of the internet.

Mayor Adams and city Sanitation Commissioner Jessica Tisch announced Monday that landlords who own buildings with nine units or less will have to ensure their trash is set out in rigid bins with ti… ...

BENSHEIM, Germany — Firefighters in Germany are getting praise from animal lovers around the world after a life saved: that of a very fat rat. An animal rescuer called the local volunteer fir… ...

The last time Fat Rat da Czar’s actual, unsunglassed face appeared on one of his album covers was seven years ago. Staring straight out into the camera on Inglorious Bastard, the stalwart ...

A rat packing on a little extra winter weight got stuck in a sewer grate in Germany on Sunday afternoon, prompting an impressive rescue effort. Nine emergency responders, including firefighters ...

BENSHEIM, Germany -- A slightly overweight rat was rescued by a team of firefighters after it got stuck in a manhole cover in Bensheim, Germany over the weekend. Animal rescuer Michael Sehr, along ...

MOSES LAKE, Wash. - Students at Groff Elementary School came home with quite the story after a 'fat cat eating a rat' prompted a lockdown on Tuesday.

Though Chubby Manhole Rat got stuck in a pretty public spot, Laura Geggel at LiveScience reports that sometimes rats underestimate their body size and it’s not that uncommon for fat rats to get ...