rats. Their ancestors lived in the wild in northern China and Mongolia, were established in parts of Europe by 1500, and then followed Europeans across the Atlantic Ocean by the 1750s. This story ...

Residents on this beautiful Croatian island are racing to protect one of the country's most treasured landmarks, which could ...

While there are anecdotal reports of an increase in rats in Malaga, city councillor Penélope Gómez made a point of reminding ...

The Black Death claimed an estimated 25 million lives, more than a third of Europe's population, between 1347 and 1351. Science Photo Library Has the black rat (Rattus rattus) been falsely blamed ...

A poem about migration titled The City Rat has drawn condemnation in Austria ... their competitors are "especially nervous" ahead of European Parliament elections in May. The FPÖ has been in ...

turned village streets into rivers and disrupted rail lines and highways in the worst natural disaster to hit the European nation in recent memory. Emergency services in the eastern region of ...