Harlem has more vermin scurrying through its subway stations than any other neighborhood in the five boroughs, new data shows ...

Good news, New York! Your endless war on rats has achieved its first tiny victory, and all it took was discovering what the ...

Mayor Adams may be making strides in his administration’s war on rats, but he’s still struggling with a battle closer to home ...

A geriatric woman and her associates are terrorizing Lower East Side locals by dumping dozens of pounds of birdseed in a tiny ...

A sports betting company is wagering that scorned lovers hate their exes so badly they want to name a NYC rat after them.

Large rat populations can have a damaging effect on cities. Researchers found that living with rats " impacts people and ...

These experts can tell you how you can try to fix a problem, and they can ensure a thorough extermination of the rats with ...

Rodents have apparently gnawed clear through the dense plastic of the Big Apple ‘s supposedly “rat proof” new trash bins — but the city said the results show the containers are largely keeping the ...

As CBS News New York's Vanessa Murdock reports, the Big Apple isn't the only city struggling with this problem.

A new study finds that rat infestation in many of the world’s cities appears to be soaring, especially in Washington.

The study did not count rats directly; instead, it analyzed rat sighting complaints submitted by city residents.

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 ...