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Rats

Banksy WFH

Even Banksy’s Working From Home: The Street Artist Shares a Bathroom Makeover

Banksy took to Instagram to share his latest creation: a dingy and semi-destroyed bathroom covered in drawings of mischievous rats.
By Helen Holmes
New York City is taking a hard-line approach to reducing the rat population citywide.

Rats! An Inside Look at NYC’s Most Infested Areas—and Its Vigorous Extermination Plan

New York City has about two million rats, according to a recent popular estimate.
By Madina Toure
Rendering of a brain affected by dementia-like symptoms.

Brain Waves: Could a Promising New Drug Treat Alzheimer’s?

A study of rats in Scotland has revealed a cure with possible human applications.
By John Bonazzo
A dead rat at a refugee camp in Germany (Photo: Sean Gallup/Getty Images).

Probe Finds ‘Serious Deficiencies’—And Dead Rats—at Homeless Shelters

By Will Bredderman
There's nothing in this world as terrifying as a rat. (Photo credit: Tatiana Bulyonkova/Flickr)

Rat Mites Will Be the Reason for Your Nightmares Tonight

By Alexandra Villarreal
New York City struggles with rat infestation. (Ludovic Bertron/Flickr)

New York Is Losing Its Battle Against Rats

By Vanessa Haughton
The rat squad is targeting sewers, parks, and subways. (BSIP/Getty Images)

Rat Race: City Targets Rodent ‘Reservoirs’

By Meredith Carey
He's on the run! (YouTube).

Rowdy Rats and Squealing Commuters Cause a Raucous on the A Train

By Sage Lazzaro

NYC’s Rat Information Portal Is Everything You Never Wanted

By Sage Lazzaro
C is for Crack.

Cookie High

By Drew Grant

City Fights Back Against Upper West Side Rat Infestation

By Rebecca Hiscott
Yum! (Gothamist)

Would You Eat off the Ground in a Subway Station?

By Michael Ewing

Joe Lhota Sorry For Calling Bill Perkins A Do-Nothing Legislator

By David Freedlander
Don't worry, it's docile. (@TheGoodfella_)

Giant Gambian Pouched Rat Allegedly Found in Bronx Footlocker Definitely Not a Sewer Rat, Says Expert

By Drew Grant
Rats nest. (xbettyx/Flickr)

Ratner's Traps: Pest Control and a Pesky Lawsuit

By Matt Chaban
Give me your morbier and no one gets hantavirus.

Atlantic Yards ‘Rat Tsunami’ Plagues BroBos

By Matt Chaban

New Yorkers: Rats Bad, Subway OK

By Azi Paybarah

Times Metro Desk Exits Year of the Rat

By John Koblin

Rat Central, R.I.P.

By Chris Shott

Shott On Location: Sneaking Snapshots Of Photo-Phobic Popeye's

By Chris Shott
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