Conservationists hope a smelly plan to reintroduce Australian bush rats into a nature reserve in Sydney this weekend could ...

The bubonic plague outbreak in 1900, linked to rat-borne fleas, prompted sweeping sanitation reforms across Sydney, including the demolition of slum housing in areas such as The Rocks and Millers ...

This article is from Hakai Magazine, an online publication about science and society in coastal ecosystems. Read more stories like this at hakaimagazine.com. By day, the shrubby clifftops of North ...

Residents are horrified by a plague of rats that has descended on a usually picturesque Queensland fishing town, leaving a foul smell as they die and decay on the beaches. Locals in Karumba, in The ...

Thousands of dead and dying rats have washed up on beaches in a small Australian coastal town, much to the disgust and horror of the locals. The rodents drifted ashore in the fishing town of Karumba ...

A single pregnant female, which traveled aboard a coconut palm for part of her journey from Asia, could have been the Founding Mother of Australia’s rodents, one scientist suggests. Most of the rats ...

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Over half of rats tested in big cities resistant to poison Experts warn of a public health crisis READ MORE: Controversial proposal to pay hunters cash to kill feral animals Black rats in Australia's ...

An intriguing native Australian rat-kangaroo, thought to be probably extinct, may still be running around in the inhospitable remote Sturt Stony Desert -- and researchers have discovered new details ...

From the Pacific Northwest to the Deep South, these cities are rat hotspots — definitely not for anyone who hates sharing space with creepy critters.