After years of searching, researchers have confirmed the discovery a new mammal in the Solomon Islands: an endangered giant tree rat known as “vika” by the locals. But they were only able to locate ...

Rat vigilantes on the Upper West Side are placing exposed rat poison in the tree beds, endangering children and pets. Two Upper West Side dogs, Waffles, a one-year-old rescue coon hound mix, and Beti, ...

They’re on a mission to put the city’s vermin problem to bed. The Adams administration is unleashing an $877,000 rat death squad to find the rodents, gas them to death with carbon monoxide and bury ...