New video captured by Boston 25 News shows rats running rampant in broad daylight in Boston amid renewed calls for a dedicated “rat czar” in the city. The footage shows rats crawling near people’s ...

From filling potholes to clearing trash and cracking down on the city's rat population, Boston city officials say they're ...

Boston’s booming rat population is likely linked to the warming climate, according to a new study that looked at rat population trends in 16 cities around the globe. The study found more rats ...

A Brookline resident is sounding the alarm over rat issues in the town after she claimed her car caught on fire while driving ...

As Boston residents prepare to choose their next mayor, some of the city’s other inhabitants face an uncertain future. Mayor Michelle Wu and philanthropist Josh Kraft, her top challenger, shared their ...

Amid a marked rise in rat sightings and growing concern among residents, the City of Boston is streamlining efforts to curb infestations and protect public health. A rat peaking around the corner of ...

A longtime South Boston resident is at wits end with unrelenting rats that have infiltrated his property and taken over the backyard. Kevin Conroy has lived at his home on West Eighth Street for 30 ...

Rising temperatures in recent years were linked to a significant increase in Boston’s rat population, new research says. Boston’s human population grew about 9 percent between 2011 and 2020, according ...

A year ago, the city of Boston met with other rat plagued cities to try to learn from each other on how best to tackle the problem. Now a year later, it's still commonplace to see bags of trash piled ...

BOSTON - A woman in Boston's Brighton neighborhood is warning other pet owners after her dog ate poison left on the side of the road. As Heather Seeley's beloved beagle Bruno sniffed through leaves on ...

Urban rats spread a deadly bacteria as they migrate within cities that can be the source of a potentially life-threatening disease in humans, according to a six-year study by Tufts University ...