The bubonic plague outbreak in 1900, linked to rat-borne fleas, prompted sweeping sanitation reforms across Sydney, including ...

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

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 ...

Researchers in Australia tickled the rodents every day for a month to see if it would improve their emotional well-being. By Yan Zhuang MELBOURNE, Australia — It’s generally not a good time to be a ...

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 ...

Scientists say the findings are a warning about the kinds of chemical that people are exposed to in the environment.

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 ...

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