Use our interactive map to see how often people have spotted rats at your New York City subway station!

Transit, a popular urban trip-planning app, recently added the NYC Subway Rat Detector feature, and New Yorkers are loving reporting which stations have the most rodents.

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.

New York City’s subway users will be able to track the transport network’s rat population on their smartphones. Rats are endemic in New York and are a common sight on the city’s 472 subway ...

A travel app has added a feature to let New Yorkers track how many rats are hanging out in their local subway stop.

A pack of rats was seen bunking with a homeless man at a New York City subway station before scurrying off as people approached, horrifying footage on TikTok shows.

New York City has a new rat czar, and it is impossible to overstate the urgency of her mission. The rats are everywhere. Everyone who lives in New York has rat tales to tell. For most of us ...

Most city dwellers will readily describe rats as master schemers. For example, a New Yorker once told me about watching a rat bring a slice of pizza down the subway stairs, drag it across the ...

Legend has it that alligators roam the underbelly of New York City in the sewers – but everyone knows that the real rulers of the city are the rats that have conquered the subway stations.

Unlike New York, New Orleans faces a pernicious rat situation because the city is going after not just brown rats, but also black rats. Each place requires a tailored plan to manage its unique set ...

Rats have become a huge issue in New York City and are now almost synonymous with the city. There are said to be 3 million rats there with buildings overrun and subway stations swarmed with the ...