For decades, a giant, inflatable rat with beady eyes, sharp teeth and a pustule-covered belly has loomed over union protests, drawing attention to various labor disputes. As New York City deals with ...

This story originally appeared on Hakai and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration. There was a time when we human beings used to put animals on trial for their alleged crimes against us. The ...

One sunny afternoon in March, the city’s rat czar, Kathleen Corradi, came to Seward Park to survey her domain. It was treatment time for some rat burrows off Essex Street. Rats in this corner of the ...

Editor’s note: This story contains descriptions and images of dogs hunting rats that could upset some readers. The sound of a rat screaming in the jaws of a terrier is the same sound that a stuffed ...