Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Late last month, New York City posted a job listing for a new “director of rodent ...

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Like many islands around the world, Tetiaroa Atoll in French Polynesia has been overrun by rats and other invasive species that profoundly affect its terrestrial and marine ecosystems. In July, the ...

City Councilman Erik Bottcher is sick of the rats. “I’ve never seen so many rats in my life,” said Bottcher, who has lived in New York for two decades. “They’re running over our feet. They’re dashing ...

For the first time in a decade, a new city has been named the 'rattiest' city in the country in Orkin's annual report of the ...

I can take on a cockroach. If I saw one crawling around my room, I would be disturbed, but capable of disposing of it. Ethically, of course. But the few times that I’ve encountered a Cambridge rat — ...

Despite their low status in popular culture, rats are social creatures who reward kindness. wildcat78 So maybe this isn’t the best time to break the news: Rats are lovely neighbors. In fact, some ...