Rats are usually unwelcome visitors in our gardens – they are generally considered vermin and can spread potentially serious diseases, including Leptospirosis, which can lead to Weil’s disease. They ...

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 cities across the globe are becoming far rattier ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. A rat leaves its burrow at a park in New York City on Sept. 17, 2015. ( AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File) A rat ...

FILE - A rat leaves its burrow at a park in New York City on Sept. 17, 2015. ( AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File) ...

Congratulations if you’ve made it smug and sober to the finish line of Dry January. While you may be ready to celebrate with a libation, an expert warns of the party peril of Wet February.

The best air fryers could completely change your food preparation. Air fryers need a lot less oil than you'd use for regular frying, which means you'll get healthier food that's just as delicious ...

So it’s a fairly fiddly way of drying. Used with a smaller load, with more room for warm air to circulate, it’s more efficient. Baby clothes, socks and pants dry particularly quickly ...

JABALIA, Gaza (Reuters) - The rats and dogs scavenging amid the ruins of her neighborhood in northern Gaza make Manal Al-Harsh's return to her wrecked home even more miserable. Despite the respite ...

NOW, TO GET MORE INTO THE SCIENCE AND METEOROLOGY BEHIND DRY AIR AND PRECIPITATION INTERACTION, WE’LL SEND IT OUT LIVE TO METEOROLOGIST CAITLIN HARVEY. GOOD MORNING SEAN. THAT’S RIGHT.

Rats are in many ways better adapted to cities than the humans that built them. While urbanites struggle with crowds, sparse parking spaces, and their upstairs neighbors stomping around at 4 a.m ...