If you're from a town with a strong union presence, you know that if new commercial construction happens without union labor, ...

ABC News looks at New York City’s fight against rats as city officials and residents take matters into their own hands, ...

Rats thrive in New York City due to an ample food supply coming in the form of garbage left on the streets Explore Subscribe Newsletters Content Licensing Our ...

There’s a saying that in a big city you are never more than six feet away from a rat. It’s an urban myth but scientists are warning that cities across the US and beyond are becoming far rattier, and t ...

Urban dwellers in Washington D.C., San Francisco, Toronto, New York City, and Amsterdam might have seen rats scurrying across their cities — and they're not imagining an influx. Rat populations ...

More rats: that’s the latest indignity that climate change is dumping on major cities around the world, including in Canada’s largest city, according to a new study from a group of global rodent and ...

With limited space and large populations, urban centers have a unique challenge when it comes to handling waste and the rats it attracts. Take New York. It’s America’s largest city by ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- New York City appears to be winning its ‘war on rats,’ with the number of rodent-related complaints falling over the last year, which city officials say is the result of ...

New York City and Amsterdam experienced the biggest growth. Just three saw declines: New Orleans, Louisville and Tokyo. The study linked rat increases to several factors, including high population ...