The pup is being treated at The Vale Wildlife Hospital and Rehabilitation Centre, and staff have reminded the public to check carefully before clearing outside spaces at this time of year.

Brown rats are the undisputed winners of the real rat race. New research suggests that they crawled off ships arriving in North America earlier than previously thought and out-competed rodent rivals — ...

Rats swarm around a bag of garbage near a dumpster July 7, 2000, in New York on July 7, 2000. A study published Wednesday suggests that brown rats crawled off ships arriving in the Americas earlier ...

Brown rats are the undisputed winners of the real rat race. New research suggests that they crawled off ships arriving in North America earlier than previously thought and out-competed rodent rivals — ...