Orkin’s 2025 list of the country’s top rat-infested cities is out — some familiar spots are gone, and new ones are climbing the ranks!

Legend has it that there's a rat for every person, more than eight million in total. The most recent popular estimate was around two million. But no one knows.

For decades, New York sidewalks were awash in piled-up black plastic rubbish bags, some of which doubled as housing projects for the city’s other inhabitants. “I’ve kicked bags of garbage in New York ...

For the first time in a decade, a new city has been named the ‘rattiest’ city in the country in Orkin’s annual report of the ...

New York City is home to some three million rats, and learning how these rodent residents navigate and communicate is vital to understanding their impact on humans. A new preprint shows attempts to ...

Chicago didn’t do much better this year: it only moved down to the No. 2 spot on the list. Orkin reports that though it is no ...

Are you squeakin’ at me? Big Apple rats are just as social as some New Yorkers — and even sound like them, speaking to each other with a distinctive accent, a new study found. “Being social helps them ...

Dedicating $3.5 million to rid the city of rats, New York City Mayor Eric Adams just announced the hiring of Kathleen Corradi, the city's "rat czar." Adams said that rats in New York City "are going ...