The Stowaway Rat That Traveled the World and Changed History

Black rats (Rattus rattus) have lived alongside humans for millennia, making homes in our dwellings, raiding our food stores, ...
Newsweek

Woman Tired of Rat Stealing Her Food Comes Up With Ingenious Plan

A creative pet owner has shared the unusual way she stopped her domestic rat from trying to eat her food. "It all started with a regular taco night," Cherie Jones, co-founder of Tiny Toes Rat Rescue ...
PBS

Rats are on the rise. Here’s what cities are doing about it

Where there is food, there will be rats. Much like it shook most everything else in the world, the COVID pandemic shifted where rats went to seek out their meals. As restaurants and businesses across ...
Psychology Today

Rats Share Food More Generously When They Smell Hunger

Rats teach us many life lessons about how to treat others "Rats are a misunderstood pet... People think of them as vermin and pests. People who think they are a really gross pet just don't realize ...
Southeast Missourian

Rat patrol - Food warehouses under attack by USDA, rodents

CHICAGO -- On the city's South Side is a six-story brick warehouse. Behind its walls are 14 million pounds of meat and poultry, and several million pounds of butter, fish, nuts and other food. And it ...