Dave Carlin has covered major national news stories and events in the past four decades including Superstorm Sandy and its tri-state impacts, Hurricane Hugo in South Carolina and Iniki on Kauai, ...

A study of 16 world cities found climate change is playing a role, with 11 of them seeing a big increase in rat numbers over ...

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 ...

Rats in New York City will be given "the pill" to reduce their numbers, meaning that the Big Apple's rodents will have better access to free birth control than women in some states. Edible ...

When a Middlesex County couple began to notice holes burrowed into their suburban backyard more than a year ago, they weren’t sure what was to blame. Snakes? Groundhogs? Maybe, squirrels? Then Kathy ...