While rats are easily the most common urban mammal, cities don’t actually know how many of them there are. They don’t run a census for rats like they do for, say, squirrels.So to figure out ...

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He continued, “three, four rats every day, every day. It’s big ones, not small ones.” Another resident told the New Bedford Light , “There were so many on the sidewalks and on the grass.

NEW BEDFORD, Mass. (WJAR) — A rat infestation near Shawmut Avenue has reached a boiling point, forcing the city of New Bedford to take emergency action. The infestation stems from a fire last ...

Urban rat populations appear to be rising with the mercury. Rats already cost the United States approximately $27 billion each year in damage to infrastructure, crops, and contaminated food supplies.

Inspectors search for rat hot spots in Allston 02:24. Residents in Boston's Allston neighborhood tend to have a moniker for the area: Rat City. The title even graces their annual Rat City Art ...

NEW BEDFORD — City officials say they’re taking measures to address reports of numerous rats seen in an industrial area along Shawmut Avenue they say are coming from a waste transfer station.

NEW BEDFORD, Mass. (WJAR) — New Bedford Mayor Jon Mitchell said he is working on removing the rats from Shawmut Avenue as soon as possible. "I've been over there three times now and observed ...

In his first art exhibition in nearly a decade, the actor and painter draws from the frenetic energy of his youth, and from the empathy of his mother, the photographer Sylvia Plachy.

Black rats in Australia have developed a genetic mutation that’s linked with resistance to common rat poisons. And there’s more bad news. Ratsak is losing its bite: How to get rid of the rats ...

NEW YORK CITY (PIX11) – New York City is one step closer to victory in its war on rats. Citywide, rat sightings are down 18.4% this year compared to the same period in 2024, 311 complaint data show.