Blooms from this abundant plant occur about every 50 years. Here's why it causes a rat flood and, ultimately, famine in ...

Science Photo Library Has the black rat (Rattus rattus) been falsely blamed for spreading plague during the Black Death? "We have good mortality data from outbreaks in nine cities in Europe," Prof ...

Featuring Rattus Rattus. Show more The BAFTA-winning team behind CBBC’s hugely popular Horrible Histories TV series have brought together some of the most remarkable figures in history and ...

OVER a period of two months, a heavy rat population on a farm in the west of Scotland was treated with two anticoagulant poisons, ‘Diphacinone’ and ‘Warfarin’. Although the treatments were ...

Pest control giant Orkin recently released a study showing the Top 50 Rattiest Cities in America. Philadelphia ranked a respectable seventh overall, with ...