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 ...

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

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